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Just a Seahorse Abba on Father’s Day
From my earliest memories, I wanted to have children. I even had dreams and daydreams about finding abandoned babies in ...
Appoint Black Jews to Major Organization Boards — Now
Black Jewish representation stands at 0.2 percent, a fraction of even the lowest estimate of the population of Black Jews.
Shabbat 106
Entrapment.
Black Jews Are Grieving, and We Need You to Help Us Mourn
What shiva can teach us about holding Black people during this traumatic time.
Harry Potter and the Southern Jew
We are people of many books
Try to See Me
Even before the pandemic, even before I started wearing a mask in public, some people saw me as just a big, suspicious-looking black guy because of their implicit biases.
Ruth, Naomi, and Shavuot: Lifting Each Other Up to Create a Better World
One of my favorite traditions around Shavuot is the reading of the Book of Ruth. To me, it always jumps ...
Why Jewish Time Still Matters In The Age Of Covid-19
Today marks the end of the most prolific counting of days in the Jewish calendar. S’firat ha’Omer, the Counting of ...
The Scroll of Boaz
Over two and a half millennia ago, the People of Israel already harbored a deep enmity towards the People of ...
Matcha Cheesecake for Shavuot? Yes, Please
One sliver lining of quarantine has been spending quality time with my Japanese father and Israeli mother.
Learning to See My Jewish and Korean Identities as Complementary
I am constantly making mistakes, questioning my identity, and second-guessing myself, but I know that this work is a process.
Persian Singer Embraces Multiple Roles: Band Leader, Scholar, and Teacher
Mizrachi music is the soundtrack we need for this moment.