The Kotel Crisis and Oslo Memories
Underlying the recent reporting on the Israel-Diaspora crisis over the cancellation of an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall is the assumption that public disagreement between mainstream American Jewish leaders and the Israeli government is something extraordinary, and, according to some, traitorous. However, reading the news coverage of this issue, I was reminded of my […]
Other Together: American Jewish-Muslim Solidarity in the Age of Trump
The launch of a dialogue series by altMuslimah and Jewschool about Jewish-Muslim solidarity in age of rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
“Let Our People IN”- An American-Iranian-Jewish-Mother-Wife-and-Rabbi Speaking Truth to Power On the Steps of the State House
This Executive Order—this Muslim Ban—is an egregious manifestation of Mitzrayim … and even if it is stayed or amended, it is clear we are going to need to remain awake and resilient…. Egypt is upon us, friends, and we’re going to need to be BRAVE, to LOVE bravely – across lines and despite fears.
On Jewish Symbols
Symbols and slogans take on meaning precisely because they are charged with the weight of fraught, painful, and contradictory pasts. They mean different things to different people. Respecting the power of these collisions constitutes both political good sense and common decency.
Who Can I Trust to Educate My Son Next on Israel?
My older son just graduated from his Jewish day school in DC and will attend public school next year. Who can I trust to educate him on Israel now?
The Struggle for Equal Rights in Israel cannot Stop at the Kotel
The call for religious pluralism in Israel cannot be divorced from the struggle for Palestinian rights.
Top Rabbis Tweeting Against the AHCA Today
Here's a list of admirable rabbis tweeting against the AHCA today, providing a proudly Jewish religious voice of morality. Additional names welcome...
