Vaccination: A Jewish Obligation jstern June 15, 2021 COVID-19 Image Initially, there was a rush for people to be able to get the vaccine. We…
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Why Israel’s Next Government Gives Me Hope jstern June 15, 2021 Israel and her Neighbors Image On Sunday, Israel’s Knesset narrowly voted in Israel’s 36th…
The Ethical Conundrum of a Jewish and Democratic State jstern June 8, 2021 Israel Peace and Security Image When the State of Israel was established…
The Tulsa Massacre in the Yiddish Press jstern June 8, 2021 Racial Justice Image On June 2nd, 1921, when news of the Tulsa massacre reached…
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Final Account: Film Review jstern June 7, 2021 Arts and Culture Image The film, produced by the USC Shoah Foundation, attempts to capture the recollections…
Life Outside of the Binary jstern June 7, 2021 LGBTQ+ Jewish Life Image Grace is an alum of the URJ’s JewV’Nation Fellowship LGBTQIA cohort. Our…
The Times They Are a Changin’ jstern June 7, 2021 Israel and her Neighbors Image The winds of change are blowing through Israel these days.…
A Conversation with Best-Selling Cookbook Author Jake Cohen jstern June 4, 2021 Food and Recipes Image Jake Cohen’s debut cookbook, jew-ish: Reinvented Recipes from a…
“A Dead Son or a Living Daughter”: A Conversation with the Mother of a Transgender Child kbkaput June 4, 2021 LGBTQ+ Jewish Life Image Eva…
Why Working at Camp is Better Than an Internship jstern June 3, 2021 Summer Youth Experiences Image As my sophomore spring was coming to a…
A Gate in the Fence: A Non-believer’s Conversion to Judaism jstern June 2, 2021 Conversion Image I haven’t always been a non-believer. For the first…
An Appeal from an Israeli Harvard Student jstern June 1, 2021 Israel and her Neighbors Image When my dream came true, and I was accepted…
For the progressive left, antisemitism is bad because it harms not the Jews but rather the Palestinians; they are the real victims and the real…
If we are to avoid future repetitions of the hostilities between Israel and Hamas, the war must end not only in the battlefield, but also…
Our Needs Are a Gift of God jstern May 26, 2021 Image This prayer from Birkot HaShachar, the traditional morning blessings, reminds us to be…
Guide to the Complex urjadmin May 25, 2021 Israel and her Neighbors Image Much of the rhetoric coming out of an American understanding of the…
When Your Family Is in Need, You Show Up jstern May 25, 2021 Israel Image I thought the email was spam. “We are putting a…
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We Hold All of these Truths urjadmin May 20, 2021 Israel Peace and Security Image The current wave of violence in Israel and Gaza is…