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I’ve made Kiddush in synagogue social halls countless times. Most of my life I stood there holding a humble plastic ...

Tu B’Av was once a day when unwed women of Jerusalem dressed in white and congregated in local vineyards to ...

Whenever I visit somewhere new, whether in my country of origin or somewhere foreign, I typically stand on the periphery ...

Yesterday, around the world, we Jews observed Tisha B’Av, a day of grieving the historical destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, ...

I am black, and I am Jewish.I’ve always found comfort in the and of my identity — that simple part ...

“Sarah” had a pretty average childhood, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish home in New York City with her mother, ...

Identity is complicated.

In (and out of) synagogues, campuses, JCCs, summer camps and religious schools, people are developing opinions about hot-button issues. As ...

Having “pride” in my humanity means saying “YES” to climate change (the good kind) and dedicating myself to work for ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Hukkat, Israel is given an interesting law. We are commanded to give a perfectly red ...