2013

Schmekel: 100% Trans Jews

They invented the term 100% trans Jewcore, and as Schmekel they are rocking our world! Keshet caught up with the ...

What An Attempted Burglary Taught Me

There is a real difference between counseling an individual who has experienced a traumatic moment and experiencing a traumatic moment ...

Djewess Unchained

Sometime back in my childhood, I got the idea that it was “nicer” to say “I’m Jewish” than “I’m a ...

Hand me my tiara, please

As a rabbi and an activist, I often get called upon to speak at interfaith events of various sorts.  Over ...

The Ongoing Legacy of Heather and her Mommies

A girl, her two moms, and the woman who created this now famous bookWhen Heather Has Two Mommies, a children’s ...

Hearing the Women’s Songs—in Torah and in “The Big Sleep”

Although I live in California, I don’t share the New Age belief that there are no coincidences. I think many ...

Denouncing Germany’s Haman from Harlan, Kentucky

Few places in America are more remote than southeastern Kentucky.  Back in the early 20th century, a handful of Jewish ...

The Beauty of Broken English

I thought I had entered completely into the world of my novel: Boyle Heights in the 1920s and 30s, when ...

Everything is Rent

“Everything is rent.” – Rent, by Jonathan LarsonThis week our Jewish high school put on a production of Rent, a ...

From Georgia to Jerusalem in 6 Easy Steps: Sending Prayers to the Western Wall

By ISJL Education Fellow Dan RingThe ISJL Education Curriculum addresses Israel in many ways at various grade levels. The fifth ...

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