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Elul Explorations From Southern Celebrants

Thoughts from Jackson, Mississippi, during the Days of Awe

A Coming Out Day and Simchat Torah Letter to a Younger Me

National Coming Out Day was established on October 11, 1988, as a commemoration of the Second National March on Washington ...

On Being Jewish in Amsterdam

Recently, a journalist who was interviewing me asked me to describe what it felt like to be a Jewish New ...

Parashat Pekudei: Building God’s Beautiful Bayit; or, Queer Eye for the Desert Mishkan

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...

ROI Roundup: Saying “Shalom” to Israel (for now)

As a satirist and a cynic, you would think that at the conclusion of ROI, I would have a laundry ...

The Only Jewish High School Football Team In America

Here is a somewhat shocking fact. There is only one Jewish high school in all of the United States that ...

Jews Wear Hats

Jews wear a lot of hats. I mean that metaphorically but also literally: from black hats to fur hats to ...

Know Your Audience

One problem with writing, as opposed to speech, is that one can’t use voice inflections. This creates a particular issue ...

He’s a Lawyer by Day, but an Israeli Food Instagram Sensation by Night

Meet Amihai Beer, and get ready to fall in love with his salads.

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