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Saying No to Silencing: The Jewish Duty to Speak Out
Spirituality is biography. Jewish spirituality and Jewish biography both demand a duty to speak out, reject silencing, and stand up against any ...
An Interdenominational December: Family Traditions Old and New
Each of us has our unique rituals and family traditions at this time of year. In this piece, Kate Hermann-Wu, ...
Sisterhood in the Pursuit of Peace
I belong to a grassroots organization that brings Muslim & Jewish women together in private spaces and allows us to ...
Keshet’s Top Ten Blog Posts of 2016
This year has been quite the journey. Here at Keshet, we’re reflecting on all we’ve learned and the stories we’ve ...
Conversion, the RCA, and Rabbinic Hypocrisy
Last week, the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) issued a resolution demonstrating for the second time in less than six ...
Celebrating Our Daughters: From Simchat Bat to Bat Mitzvah
I had been thinking about my eldest daughter’s bat mitzvah for a long time. We belong to a Modern Orthodox ...
Series: A Letter to my Younger Self
This post is part one of a longer series of posts in which members of the Keshet community write letters to ...
Why I’m Not Afraid of Natalie Portman’s Christmas Tree
Jewish actress Natalie Portman announced to Jimmy Fallon that she is going to have a Christmas tree for the first ...
Do We Really Need the JOFA Conference?
They overflow the curbs of Eastern Parkway. With their black hats, beards, and suits, they are an inverse image of ...
A Comprehensive and Updated LGBTQ Hanukkah Gift Guide!
This year Hanukkah happens to begin on Christmas and end on New Years. With all that’s happening on your calendar, ...
Piecing Together Self-Care and Tikkun Olam Through Puzzles
There is no doubt that tikkun olam, the act of repairing the world, is an important and widely valued idea ...
I Am Not Afraid
Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night? I was, but I’ve been taking a course — well, ...