2013

The Power of Community

Earlier this week, Rabbi Shira Stutman wrote a short essay in Slate about her realization that when she was in middle ...

Queering Your Seder: LGBTQ Haggadot

Passover is fast approaching, which means it’s time to prepare to lead, or participate in, a seder. It can be ...

A Visit to Shushan

Purim and drama have always been passions in my family. This year they intertwined in a totally unexpected and unique ...

Chocolate Makes Everything Taste Better

Lauri Exley lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, four-year-old daughter and 18-month-old son.Charoset, fried matzo, wine, matzo meal bagels, ...

Follow the Talmud or a Jewish Sharia?

No American Jew could have experienced a more inspiring introduction to Israel that I did upon arriving in darkness aboard ...

Escaping Germany, Settling in McGehee, Arkansas

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to conduct a workshop on oral history techniques at Hendrix College in Conway, ...

Am I Really This Typical?

Sheira Director-Nowack is the associate director of Camp JRF in South Sterling, PA.As a Jewish camping professional for the past ...

My Name Is Inigo Montoya

Remember Mandy Patinkin’s character Inigo Montoya in  The Princess Bride ? When Montoya was a child, the story goes, the six-fingered ...

Porn in the City

Porn in the City: Are the kids really alright? What does it mean to grow up in the age of ...

Special Education: A Special Need in Jewish Education

By Education Fellow Elaine BarenblatI have loved teaching since I was very young, but I did not get my first ...

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