Guest post by Dan Osborn. Let me tell you an origin story. It’s the early 2000s. The United States is embroiled in wars in Afghanistan
By Alicia Ostriker Emma Lazarus’ famous poem “The New Colossus” has been part of my mental furniture since childhood. All my grandparents arrived in this
by Sarah Brammer-Shlay On the morning of Wednesday August 21, I sat in my interfaith workplace and a conversation began about what it means to
“Do you think that one’s Jewish?” “Probably. She’s from New York and she’s hairy.” Suzie and I were watching RuPaul’s Drag Race, and we were
The four glasses of wine at the Passover Seder are reimagined through Hashomer Hatzair values.
This originally appeared at allthesedays.org on December 6th, 2013. I’ve been reading an array of obituaries and reflections on Mandela and his legacy since late Thursday night when I heard
(x-posted to KFAR) New York Times has a feature story on Diddy Sean Combs protege Shyne’s conversion to Orthodox Judaism. Interviewing him in Jerusalem, where