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.
guestpost by Jennifer Yael Green Leaked recordings of a private conversation between three LA city council members that revealed racist, antisemitic, and homophobic comments have
In 2019, nearly the entire spectrum of American Jewish organizations castigated Netanyahu for legitimating Itamar Ben Gvir and his “Jewish Power” party. Even AIPAC called
Several years of pandemic have eroded in-person, congregational prayer in the United States; synagogue attendance remains stubbornly down, and despite a boom in online services,
Now that the chagim are over, we’re turning our attention to the upcoming Israeli election (among other upcoming elections). For a while we were doing
I am an American Jew, and I, like thousands of others, am quiet quitting the relationship I have been told I need to have with
The essay below was originally written as part of my beit din, which took place in August. I wanted to share this personal testimony, in
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
From where did the bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh come? One can trace it back to the Israeli soldier, who breeched it behind the
Twenty-five years ago this month, I arrived in Ramallah for a summer program that brought American law students and lawyers to participate in what we
