Antisemitism & Bigotry

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When the Fight’s at your Doorstep: On the Front Lines of LGBT Life in North Carolina

Keshet recently sat down with James Miller, the Executive Director of the LGBT Center of Raleigh. North Carolina has recently ...

Taking A Stand as a Gay Rabbi in North Carolina

I moved to North Carolina about eight months ago after living most of my life either above or well above ...

Take a Stand: Don’t Let Religion Become a Weapon

In Pirkei Avot 2:10 we are taught that Rabbi Eliezer said, יהי כבוד חברך חביב עליך כשלך “Let your neighbor’s dignity be precious ...

Many Homelands, One Identity for Norwegian American Jewish Teen

The day was bleak and windy. At best, I figured, there would be maybe six hours of daylight. The clouds ...

For My Camper, Ezra Schwartz

As I approached the Temple Sinai of Sharon, Massachusetts the words of King David’s Psalms could be heard from the ...

Seeking Justice for Leo Frank

The sanctuary of Temple Kol Emeth is completely filled. Judges, lawyers and rabbis who will address the crowd sit on ...

Gaining Furniture, Losing Fear: A Story of Philo-Semitism

When I first told people that I was moving to Mississippi to work for a Jewish organization, I received a ...

Yes, She Wore a Kippah, But Not to the Kotel

She wore a kippah as she opened her gemara. We were a somewhat diverse group–I come from an Orthodox background, ...

A Bat Mitzvah Gives Voice to a Woman in Science

While the model is generally that students learn from teachers, yesterday I was reminded that teachers learn from students as ...

Strangers and Black Crabs

My husband and I just returned from vacation, which included a stop in the Bahamas. Lucky for us, it rained. ...

Love or Hate? The Mainstream Media and the Jews

When I was in high school, I boarded a bus every Saturday morning to take extracurricular classes on topics like ...

Fifty Shades of Anti-Semitism

When my children were in Kindergarten they learned about the story of Esther in preparation for Purim. Five years ago, ...

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