2013
S.W.A.K.
My first summer at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah, when I was going into 4th grade, my mother promised me Capri Sun Juice ...
Can a Policeman be an Israeli Hero?
I’ll try to summarize the new problem of writing a detective in Hebrew in a simple way. The biography of ...
When Sensitivity Boils Over
I saw a post on my Facebook feed yesterday that confused me. The post was from a friend who happens ...
Top 10 Ways to Get Ready for Camp
1. Get Outside and Get Moving. Make sure your camper increases their physical activity prior to camp so that they ...
Our Customized Father’s Day Gift Guide
Father’s Day is just around the corner, and if your dad is anything like ours, he’s probably pretty tough to ...
When 50 Happens to Good People: Part Two
Ok, so I hadn’t done time in prison, I’d just spent one day there. I’d just covered what was believed ...
Detective Fiction and the Zionist Cultural Revolution
Below, D. A. Mishani continues where he left off yesterday: wondering about the evolution of popular literary genres in Israel ...
A Champion for Inclusion
After nearly ten years of doing LGBT inclusion work in the Jewish LGBT community, first as the founding director of Jewish ...
In Our Own Backyard: Pursuing Justice, Fighting Fundamentalism
Jay Michaelson, a contributing editor to The Forward, recently wrote an article about the dangers of fundamentalism within Judaism. In my ...
The Middle School Prayer
Middle school is hard. Bodies betray young people as they lurch uncertainly towards adulthood. Emotions rear up and overtake sensibility ...