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A Camp Dream
Camp has been a magical time for all seven of our children. They’ve had a wide range of experiences from ...
The Year of the Bar Mitzvahs
The “Derby Bunch”, or “Six Pack” as my parents like to call them, are a motley crew of grandkids – ...
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 ...
Meet Lesléa Newman: Lesbian, Jewish, Writer
As part of Keshet’s partnership with the Jewish Women’s Archive, we are raising up the profiles and voices of queer ...
Jumping into the Deep End
There are professions, there are jobs, and there are fields that you go into because it matches everything you value. ...
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 ...
Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month
February is Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM)! JDAIM is “is a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to ...
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 ...
Who are the Jewcurious?
Carolyn is Baptist. She always will be. And she comes to my synagogue regularly.By regularly, I mean she comes to ...
Catholics, Jews, Humanists and Muslims Meet: Confronting Interfaith Dialogue 50 Years Later
This past year marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most important documents of the 20th century. It has ...
Voting with Our Feet: Heeding the Call of ORA’s Rabbi Jeremy Stern
Rabbi Jeremy Stern, who serves as the Executive Director of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) recently penned ...