PSA to my fellow progressive Jews: when you put together readings for the seder about the “contemporary 10 plagues”, listing out terrible things confronting us
By Rabbi David Polsky “My body, my choice!”–is a phrase often shouted by or written on the signs of people protesting against masking and vaccine
The second post of Jewschool’s this year recognizing and responding to the dark side of Purim While a famous Rabbinic teaching connects the joyous, raucous
The first of our submissions addressing the dark side of Purim Eliana Fishman lives in Washington DC and works in Democratic politics I grew
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.
Since hearing the news Wednesday morning of the death of Rav Prof. David Weiss Halivni, z”l, my teacher and my shul rabbi during a formative
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
Sefaria, the platform founded in 2011 offering free access to Jewish texts, commentaries, and translations, made two additions to its library in January and February.
Max Buchdahl (he/him/his) lives in Washington Heights, is a rabbinical student, and tweets at @max_buchdahl. He writes a weekly parsha newsletter based on the Meshech
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