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#BlackLivesMatter, A Jewish View
Black Lives Matter, on the first night of Hanukkah and also on the second night, the third night and every ...
Sephardic Hanukkah Traditions
As a Jew with North African roots, I have always felt that my culture’s rich and diverse traditions set me apart ...
Hanukkah Light for Women in Uganda
More than anything Nalugya Rehema wanted to be a mother. She was very happy when she got pregnant, but she ...
How to Throw a Global Hanukkah Party
Tips on celebrating Hanukkah with a multicultural twist
Achieving Shalom
Commonly defined as peace, hello and goodbye, Shalom cannot simply be translated and then understood by its English description. In ...
From Ferguson Child, to Cop, to Criminal Attorney
When I think about Ferguson, Missouri I think about the Star Wars Trilogy. I spent every summer between the ages ...
Defusing the Racial Timebomb
Over the last few weeks, as America waited for the Grand Jury decisions in the deaths of Michael Brown and ...
Mis Abuelos and the No Dilemma December
Most of the Jewish kids I knew growing up partook in a handful of familiar traditions during the holiday season. ...
Why Are We Called the Children of Israel and Not Jacob?
As a Jew, do I respond to the needs of the stranger as I am repeatedly commanded to do so? ...
A Year of Stories and Thanks
The big action this week is focused on turkey, pie and football –as it should be. At Be’chol Lashon we ...
Embracing the Contradictions
“And the boys ran about inside her, and she [Rebecca] said, If this is so, then why am I? and ...
My Christian Great-Grandmother, My Jewish Inspiration
Beatrice W. Hudson, known to me as Be Be, was my great-grandmother. She was one of the strongest, and most ...