Jewish Identity: Asking the Wrong Question
I have been thinking a lot about Jewish identity recently. How do we define our own connection to Judaism? What ...
Mishkan in Mississippi
The last thing I imagined to find when I moved to Mississippi? A tabernacle.Over the years, I’ve learned a lot ...
Team Jewish
Jews get lumped together a lot. Polls refer to “the Jewish vote.” We hear about the “Jewish response.” Labels of Jewish are ...
“Chosen” Doesn’t Have to Mean “Apart”
As Parashat Va’et’hanan opens, Moses is pleading for forgiveness, in order to be permitted to enter the promised land along ...
Mezuzah Spotting
“Look… a Jewish home!”As a small child, I found mezuzah spotting to be a very exciting game. We were the only ...
I Am Orthodox: Why Labels Matter
A few weeks ago Elad Nehorai of Pop Chassid posted a provocative piece entitled, “Jews, It’s Time To Abolish The ...
What Does It Mean to Have Pride in One’s Identities?
It is September 5, 2010. I am in my dorm room at Tufts University, having just arrived to campus a ...
Being Jewish in Jonesboro, Arkansas
Today’s guest post comes from our friend Andrea Levy, a fairly recent transplant to Jonesboro, Arkansas. Thanks for sharing your ...
Should We Really Label Our Children? Yes…Sometimes.
I’ve always been troubled by the “four children” in the Haggadah.Passover is supposed to teach our children about how we ...
Do Cities Have Identities?
It’s true: I grew up in a town so far South, it’s North.With residents mostly emigrating from colder climates, my ...
Jews and Tattoos: Navigating a new landscape
Once a month at our family Shabbat service we ask families to submit questions in advance in what, in lieu ...
“Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish…”
Three Jewish women walked into a nail salon….This is not a joke, just what I did with two of my ...