Attention Pro Israel/Pro Peace Folk: Registration for JStreet’s annual conference is now open for business. The conference is happening February 26th to March 1st in
On November 4, 1995, I was sixteen years old, home alone, doing Latin homework when the news came that Yitzhak Rabin had been assassinated. I
A curious piece in Haaretz: Apparently, some scientists have researched the link between genetics and liberal politics. If you have this gene, and also were
In case anyone has been engaged by or even slightly interested in my recent wrestlings with kashrut, I do appreciate it. If you think I’m
Tickets are on sale now for The Other Film Festival, an outstanding collection of film, television and art reflecting the diversity of Israelis and the
In September 2001, I was living in Boston, forty seconds out of college, trying to be an adult. I heard about the attack on the
For two summers during college, I interned at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, an organization whose mission is to develop new ways of thinking about Judaism and gender
Once, there was a lot of treyf in my life. Cheeseburgers, the kind with bacon, that I ate with my mom at the food court
On Yom Kippur, I like to sit in the back of whatever room I’m in, under my tallit, not unlike a hibernating bear. I like
Today I saw a clump of folks on Broadway wearing t shirts that said “Columbia University Class of 2014.” I watched them, trying not to