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My Havruta and I Disagree on Everything — and That’s a Good Thing

We don't agree on politics and we don't agree on religion, and we talk about them all the time.

When Counselors Go To Camp

Where do seasoned camp veterans go to learn more about camp? Why camp, of course! Camp Be’chol Lashon is the ...

Finding the Calling of My Soul, A Conversion Story

Sometimes your soul knows, before your mind, where it needs to go.

Celebrating Motherhood Jewish Style

With Mother’s Day approaching, let’s take a moment to celebrate mothers.There is no single vision of the Jewish mother. Jewish ...

Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?

This year, I will be spending most of Pesach (Passover) in a small town in southwestern Missouri. I will be ...

Just Curious…

I can recall, apparently with terrific inaccuracy, hearing a kindergarten story about an incorrigible feline who poked his nose into ...

When You’re The First Jewish Friend

“You were my first Jew, you know,” a friend reminded me the other day.What she meant was, I’m the first ...

It Tried To Kill Me, We Won, Let’s Eat: My Very Jewish Approach to Diabetes

“They tried to kill us; we won; let’s eat.”This is, according to my father, the theme of every major Jewish ...

Turn the Prism One More Time

To be honest, I really struggle in these months before an election. The tsunami of political rhetoric in and of ...

When You Don’t Know What To Say

The advent of the new Facebook react buttons, ‘love,’ ‘ha, ha,’ ‘wow,’ ‘sad’ and ‘angry’ has expanded our ability to ...

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