identity
I Am A Border State
I recently completed a one-year Kahn Fellowship for the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. My aim during the fellowship ...
People, Places, Surprises, and More on the Road with Tent: The South
Tent: The South was an immersive learning experience.18 strangers got on a bus and trusted me to show them the ...
One Place Can Be Many Different Spaces
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Tenement Museum in New York City. The museum, which ...
Jewish Identity: Asking the Wrong Question
I have been thinking a lot about Jewish identity recently. How do we define our own connection to Judaism? What ...
Mishkan in Mississippi
The last thing I imagined to find when I moved to Mississippi? A tabernacle.Over the years, I’ve learned a lot ...
Team Jewish
Jews get lumped together a lot. Polls refer to “the Jewish vote.” We hear about the “Jewish response.” Labels of Jewish are ...
“Chosen” Doesn’t Have to Mean “Apart”
As Parashat Va’et’hanan opens, Moses is pleading for forgiveness, in order to be permitted to enter the promised land along ...
Mezuzah Spotting
“Look… a Jewish home!”As a small child, I found mezuzah spotting to be a very exciting game. We were the only ...
I Am Orthodox: Why Labels Matter
A few weeks ago Elad Nehorai of Pop Chassid posted a provocative piece entitled, “Jews, It’s Time To Abolish The ...
What Does It Mean to Have Pride in One’s Identities?
It is September 5, 2010. I am in my dorm room at Tufts University, having just arrived to campus a ...