What Does it Mean to “Code Switch” in Jewish Spaces? Whenever I enter Jewish spaces, whether it’s my first time or my fiftieth, I make…
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On Purim, Let’s Get Vulnerable – Whether or Not We Get Drunk As we prepare to celebrate Purim, a festival of merriment and joy, many…
Drunk on Purim: What are We Teaching Our Kids? Purim festivities don’t square with what I know about the harmful side of alcohol: It destroys…
Why Shtisel Should be Your Next Binge-Watch I escaped a winter blast outside to watch a few episodes of the Israeli television series, Shtisel, now…
Everybody’s Neighbor: What a Trip to Guatemala Taught Me It’s time we stop treating refugees like criminals and come to love our neighbors – in…
Why I’ll Be Cycling in Israel This Spring As a teen in 1966, I was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter (O-S) disease, a ligament inflammation characterized by…
My ADHD Doesn’t Define Me – but It Does Drive Me Jewish wisdom says every human being is deserving of dignity and respect – and that…
What Does It Mean to Be “Blessed?” If you saw me in my nice suit driving my nice car on the way to my nice…
“Make a Change”: A Jewish Teen Leader’s Challenge “Connection doesn’t have to be this huge thing. It can be small things, too, that make just…
My Jewish Manic Episode Mania can be challenging. Normally, it’s fairly easy to act properly and lawfully. But when much of your brain is malfunctioning,…
It’s Time for a New Deal Between Humanity and Earth In modern times, we understand the Jewish concept as shmita as an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to being…
It’s Time to Improve Holocaust Education and Better Combat Anti-Semitism We are hopeful that the Never Again Education Act will be enacted in this congressional…
Oscar-Nominated Short Film Remembers 1939’s Massive Nazi Rally in NYC The Oscar-nominated short film A Night at the Garden is a documentary short about a massive pro-Nazi…
A Jewish Response to Political Scandal As we witness public figures dismantled by the revelation of ugly episodes from their pasts, we parents must distill…
Netanyahu from the Perspective of Others Oslo Diaries, a valuable perspective on a missed opportunity for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, reminds us there…
Changing One Person’s Mind Can Help to Change the World In eighth grade, I finally came to terms with my LGBTQ identity. A year later,…
Remembering Al Vorspan, z”l: The Prophet Who Loved to Laugh Al Vorspan, a giant for social justice, died on February 17 at the age of…
Remembering the Life and Legacy of Rabbi Lynne Landsberg, z”l Just a few days after the first yahrzeit of my friend and mentor, I can’t…
A Brief History of Jews and Presidential Politics American Jewish leaders used to insist that there is no such thing as “Jewish politics,” but their…
Wholly Jewish: Our New Podcast Showcases the Beauty of Jewish Diversity In our new podcast, Wholly Jewish, Jews across the ethnic, cultural, and gender spectrums tell…