Sarah Stern is originally from Washington D.C. and currently works at the Mossawa Center in Haifa. This summer, as I considered from far-away in Haifa
Editor’s Note: Inspired by this guest post, we’re looking for submissions from you – our creative, progressive readers- articulating a vision for a what a
by William Friedman “This was the sin of your sister Sodom . . .” If you’re familiar with the way the Biblical story of the
Editor’s Note: Following yesterday’s post by Sarra Alpert, here is another piece about the Rosh HaShana Torah readings, re-visited as we read those passages again this
Editor’s Note: This Shabbat we will read VaYera, including the birth of Isaac, expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael, and binding of Isaac. These are also
by Danya Lagos I would like to thank Lizzie Busch for her thoughtful response piece to my post “Therapy and the Jewish Left” and for assuming
by Lizzie Busch Disclaimer: I am the daughter of a psychiatrist. I hope that this will not make me too biased in responding to Danya
This is a guest post by Rabbi Josh Bolton, the Senior Jewish Educator for the Jewish Renaissance Project at UPenn Hillel. You can reach him
By Ben Greenfield, a rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City. Its my second 9/11 in two months. Today its the Towers – last
by Danya Lagos “Now, how’s that for good to the last drop? How’s that for a good boy, a thoughtful boy, a kind and courteous
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