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Navigating Jewish and American Slavery Narratives

As Jews, we know about the power of narrative. The slavery narrative presented in the Book of Exodus and retold ...

Things Are Not Always As They Seem

Each of us is the main character in the story of our lives. We share ourselves with others by telling ...

Embracing Challenges

I have a weak knee, which may someday need to be replaced. I know the single most important thing I ...

Joseph, the Brother Sold Into Slavery, is…[SPOILER ALERT]

With the new Star Wars movie premiering this week, social media has gone into full spoiler prevention mode. People are ...

The Beauty of Dreams

Dreams are a big part of last week’s and this week’s Torah portion. Among the dreamers are Joseph, the cupbearer, ...

They’re Coming to America

For several weeks now, I’ve maintained a careful silence in my 9th grade Jewish Literature classroom about the politics of immigration ...

From Greatness Comes Mercy

I recently began studying a new book with my chevruta (study partner), Musar HaTorah v’aYahadut, written by Rabbi Aharon Shmuel ...

Can I Identify with the Struggles of Others?

As a youth, I often felt as if I had two worlds and two cultures that were always with me ...

Is The Jewish Community In America Actually In Crisis?

A month after its publication, the “Statement on Jewish Vitality,” signed by a number of leading Jewish communal figures, has ...

An Interesting Jewish “Jeopardy” Champ

Passover is the eight-day Jewish holiday in which we ask questions at the seder table. For one quirky Jewish guy ...

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