guest post by Emily Filler Before Shabbat came in last week, I saw the tweet above, re-posted by several horrified friends on social media. The
guest post by Shaul Magid, Dartmouth College Purim is an amalgam of things, each distinct, together forming a tapestry that the rabbinic imagination weaves together
It is almost Tu Bishvat, the Jewish birthday of trees. Fruit bearing trees, to be more specific. In modern times, this means we gather to
Cover art by Shterna Goldbloom; https://www.shternagoldbloom.com Author/contributor bio: “Zisl” is the nom-de-plume of a writer, educator and organizer living in a major American city.
In 2019, nearly the entire spectrum of American Jewish organizations castigated Netanyahu for legitimating Itamar Ben Gvir and his “Jewish Power” party. Even AIPAC called
The essay below was originally written as part of my beit din, which took place in August. I wanted to share this personal testimony, in
Orthodox Jews are once again in the news, now because of the Washington Post’s expose revealing that “libs of tiktok” – the primary social media
I. In the Warsaw ghetto, on Shabbat, the 12th of Tammuz 5702, corresponding to June 27, 1942 in the Gregorian calendar, Rabbi Kalonymos Kalmish Szapiro
By Chanel Dubofsky and Alana Suskin As we leave the seder table, one of the questions we might ask ourselves is “why are we doing
The mitzvah of erasing Amalek, to my mind, is an aspect of Judaism that can only be salvaged by turning its gaze inward, to remember
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