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Coming Out at Our JCC

My three-year-old loves her preschool. Now in her third year there, she has friends she is close to, teachers she ...

“Wow! I Didn’t Know I Live in Such a Progressive Country!”

Having traveled frequently to Israel for the last decade, I have many amusing stories of security interviews before boarding flights ...

What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Accepting Apologies

I bought Taylor Swift’s new album on Monday night and have been listening to it on repeat since then. (Be ...

How the Holocaust Challenged Faith

This singular event presented profound theological challenges--and for some, shattered their belief in God.

Greetings from Constantinople

A Sephardic Jew records his impression of the city and its Jewish inhabitants in the twelfth century.

Simchat Beit Hashoavah: The Water-Drawing Festival

This lively ancient Sukkot ritual included juggling and gymnastics.

Law of the King

Six verses in Deuteronomy offer timeless lessons on the problem of power.

Celebrating Osama’s Death

“My creatures are drowning in the sea, and you want to sing?” – Babylonian Talmud Megillah 10bIt took less than ...

Haftarah for Sh’lach

Two spies tour Jericho.

Homesick

After two 15 year old boys performed a passionate, if not pitch perfect, duet of The Who’s “Pinball Wizard,” after ...

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