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On Being Stuck in Traffic with a Full Minivan
In 2013, I gathered together seven friends from my community to attend the JOFA Conference. We clambered into my Toyota ...
Kicking It Down South: Did A Jewish Holiday Inspire The Athlete In Me?
“Athletic” is not a word anyone would use to describe me. No one in my family has athletic ability, and ...
5 Jewish Rainbow Foods for Parshat Noah
This week, in celebration of Parshat Noah – in which we read the Torah portion that includes the story of Noah’s ...
Shabbat Shalom – You’re Doing It Wrong!
My family hadn’t been to synagogue in awhile. Even though I’m a Jewish professional myself, it happens—largely because while I ...
“Please Do Not Pass Me the Torah.”
If it means that you will never allow a women on the board, please do not pass me the Torah ...
Use Your Etrog With These 5 Recipes
Sukkot is over (holidays are over finally – yay) and it’s back to normal life again. Now, what to do ...
Feeding While Fasting – A New Beginning
Across the world yesterday or today, Jews celebrate Simchat Torah, the conclusion of the Festival of Sukkot. Simchat Torah is ...
That Time the Lulav Made Me Cry
I love the holiday season – I even love a three day yontif (yom tov, or holiday). With the exception ...
A Moonstone for the Feast of Tabernacles: Celebrating Sukkot as a part of a Jewish and Queer Community
The theory of a sukkah feels queer to me – a temporary, self-built space for the purpose of shelter, but ...
Simchat Torah… With a Little More Torah This Time
Many of my most formative experiences and Jewish-identity-markers have had two things in common: they were highly competitive, and involved ...
Sukkot and Simchat Torah: Resources and Reflections
This year we’ve rounded up a menu of our past Sukkot and Simchat Torah posts for you to explore. Below you’ll find resource guides, rabbinical ...
Wind and Rain, Resilience and Abundance
Earlier this week in the Pacific Northwest we waited for a storm that wasn’t.A big storm of heavy rain and ...