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What Is “Fellow Standard Time”?
Jewish Standard Time (noun): The justification for Jewish events or Jewish people running late.Fellow Standard Time: (noun): Nothing standard about ...
Labyrinth: Going Green (Hint: It’s Not What You’re Thinking…)
Today’s post was written collaboratively by Education Fellows Elaine Barenblat, Dan Ring, and Allison Poirier This February, the ISJL launched the ...
What’s Your Jewish Super Bowl?
When I moved to Jacksonville, Florida, in 2006, I noticed much more general affiliation with university sports than I’d ever ...
Southern & Conservative
I spend a lot of time with Conservatives in the South. Conservative Jews, in this case (probably not what most ...
Why Ursula LeGuin Would Support Swarthmore’s Open Hillel
For other perspectives on this debate, read Rabbi Ben Greenberg’s post here and Rabbi Tsafi Lev’s post here.In her series about ...
“Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish…”
Three Jewish women walked into a nail salon….This is not a joke, just what I did with two of my ...
Making Menorah-Oil… Maccabee-Style!
Today’s post is from guest writer Joanna Brichetto, Experiential Educator at Nashville’s West End Synagogue, who also runs the website Bible ...
Cheesin’ For a Reason!
Be it brie, mozzarella or feta, I, like just about everyone, love cheese.There are so many reasons to love cheese, ...
Confronting The Incognito Within Each Of Us
Can a 6’5’’, 310 pound man be bullied? Prior to this week, many of us probably thought such a question ...
Bully on the Bimah: Bar Mitzvah, No Matter What?
Picture this: a really mean kid.A kid who spends each day at school calling others names, like fat and loser. ...