This piece was orginally posted at the Pursue Blog. (www.pursueaction.org) by Erika Davis How do you make giving meaningful? Tzedakah, the Jewish commitment to righteous giving,
It begins, as many things do these days, with a mic check, in a room full of well groomed, business casual clad young people, a
The Promise is a 4 part BBC miniseries portraying, in the words of producer David Aukin, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict “as it is seen through British
“77 Steps,” a documentary by Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Ibtisam Mara’ana, is a selection at this year’s Other Israel Film Festival. The subject of the film is Mara’ana herself, who moves
Two weeks ago, the American-born Israeli journalist, author and commentator Gershom Gorenberg spoke at an event hosted by Mechon Hadar and moderated by Rabbi Shai Held
Back in May, I was part of a Jewish Women’s Archive project which involved tweeting articles from Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia to mark
For some reason, http://www.koshersextoys.net/ isn’t loading right now, which means either people are so excited about its mere existence that they’re flooding the internet in
(So, apparently there’s a hurricane coming? Read this while hoarding canned goods.) Oh, jdeal. How charming is your play on the stereotype that Jews are cheap.
Interesting piece in Ha’aretz by Bradley Burston, who writes the “A Special Place in Hell” column. http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/a-special-place-in-hell/terror-racism-and-the-idea-that-israelis-are-people-too-1.379584#.Tk-lVDK89xs.twitter
Martha, my friend from a well-loved past life, went on a Birthright trip this past June. We met up on her way through New York