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A Soulless Figure, A Figureless Soul
My roommate came home yesterday with a story I’ve experienced myself too many times in too many different ways.She was ...
Why I Co-Officiate Interfaith Marriages
The most popular days to get engaged are Christmas (and I assume Hanukkah!), New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day. That ...
A Heralded Compromise That STILL Leaves Out Women
I’m one of those hard-to-categorize Jews, caught somewhere between the Conservative and Orthodox denominations. My practice leans Orthodox, my passion ...
Violating Someone Else’s Sabbath
I recently received an email from my local synagogue‘s Brotherhood, asking for volunteers to help with some much-needed upkeep work ...
Did Esther and Ruth Break the Glass Ceiling? A Debate
Meesh: Back then, in biblical times, the ceiling was not glass, and I don’t think Esther or Ruth made any attempt ...
Bat Mitzvah as Rite of Passage into Self and Community
My daughter Ktoret Ashira was born on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem in 2001. Two and a half years ago we ...
From Sigh to Song: A Way Toward Freedom
Jews are a People of the Book; Jews also are a People of the Song. In fear, poverty, war and exile, song packed light and ...
Goat Cheese, Silan and Olive Galette Recipe
Cooking creatively to celebrate Tu Bishvat is a little like peeking into a mystery basket of unrelated elements on CHOPPED ...
Tu Bishvat: Tending the Garden of the Self
This year Tu Bishvat begins at sundown on January 24, 2016. May the holiday be a catalyst in bringing your ...
MLK Day: My Second Birthday
Many see Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day off, but for my family, it’s a second birthday. The ...
Between the Holy and the Frustrating
It’s Friday afternoon in a quiet Maryland suburb. Cars pull into driveways and kids get off school buses, ready to ...
Breaking the Cycle of Unwelcome in Jewish Life
For many of us going to a new synagogue or Jewish environment is tough. We spend time beforehand wondering if ...