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Elul Explorations From Southern Celebrants
Thoughts from Jackson, Mississippi, during the Days of Awe
Conversion, Jews Around the Globe, Uncategorized
A Refugee from Laos Finds a Home in the Jewish Community
What Holocaust survivors taught this refugee from Laos.
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 ...
Jewish History, Members of the Scribe
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 ...
Israel, Mixed Multitudes, Study
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 ...
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
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.