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The Cell Phone Controversy
As a camper for many years, I’m a regular to knowing the most basic and common camp rules. For instance, ...
Celebrate, Jewish History, Purim, Southern & Jewish, Study
Denouncing Germany’s Haman from Harlan, Kentucky
Few places in America are more remote than southeastern Kentucky. Back in the early 20th century, a handful of Jewish ...
Celebrate, Disability, Gender & Sexuality, Keshet, Live, Rosh Hashanah, Weddings & Marriage
Kol Yisrael Aravim Zeh Bazeh: All Israel Is Responsible for One Another
One of my family’s favorite Sarah Silverman routines plays on the Jewish habit of always claiming one of our own: ...
The Divine in Your Words
How do we hold conflict now so we can still be family in the future?
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Rabbis Without Borders
Light Growing in My Darkness
I am a person particularly affected by sunlight, aware of a shift in my body and mood that coincides with ...
Jewish Food? Czech!
Growing up, I didn’t realize that the food my grandparents served me wasn’t typical “Jewish” food. Sure, when I would visit ...
Celebrate, Jewish Thought, Live, Rabbis Without Borders, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur
Who Will Live and Who Will Die?
We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...
Beliefs & Practices, Conversion, Jewish&, Live, Women & Feminism
Born Jewish or Not, You Matter
The way I look — my golden complexion and the abundance of ringlet curls on my head — combined with the difference in my upbringing have always challenged my place in society and even in the Jewish community.