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Jewish Law, JOFA's Torch, Study
Singing is a Mitzvah
I have been hiding from the audience my entire life. I am not sure if this is because I have ...
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Members of the Scribe
Seeking Connection
If there is one consistent theme in the ongoing discoveries of my family history it is meaningful coincidence. Some people ...
Gender & Sexuality, JOFA's Torch, Live
We’re Here, We’re Queer, We Made Cholent!
[A digital rendering of this originally hand-written epistolary blog post can be found here.]June 19, 2015Hello and Happy Pride Month!I ...
They’re Coming to America
For several weeks now, I’ve maintained a careful silence in my 9th grade Jewish Literature classroom about the politics of immigration ...
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Jewish Suriname
I’ve recently become obsessed with the idea of going to Suriname. Until about a month ago I wouldn’t have been ...
Celebrate, Israel, JOFA's Torch, Study, Women & Feminism
Is there a MOFA (Muslim Orthodox Feminist Alliance)?
This past week, I listened to a Public Radio interview with Humaira Awais Shahid, a Muslim woman who is a Pakistani ...
Jewish History, Modern Jewish History
Rediscovering “The Days of Yore”
How the pandemic gave me time to find my family’s stories
The Weirdest Ways People Eat Latkes
From horseradish to chutney, some people have unique latke tastes.
Happy Merry Christmas, Ma’am! On Being Jewish in a Strange Land
Until I moved to India, I’d never viewed being Jewish as something unusual. I grew up in an upper middle ...