The World Zionist Congress sounds, to many, like an outdated institution taught in Hebrew school, one visualized by a grainy black and white photo of a group of European men thinking about the future of Israel in the early 1900s.…
Whether you’re a casual consumer of podcasts or you break into a cold sweat at the thought of not having any at the ready, check out this roundup of podcasts and podcast episodes about abortion and reproductive rights. Each of…
by Noah Strauss Detractors of Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley, aka, ‘The Squad‘, have relentlessly attacked them over the past year, targeting them with disproportionate amounts of vitriol. In singling out these four strong…
An interview on the history of the Israeli and American peace movement with renowned activist Naomi Chazan.
The first oral history of peace activists within American Jewry interviews Sarai Aharoni, an renowned Israeli feminist and peace activist.
This article is part of a collaborative series commissioned by altMuslimah and Jewschool to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding between Muslim and Jewish communities experiencing a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Avigayil Halpern: Sarah, something I’ve been thinking a…
I desperately wanted a baby, but after all the infertility treatments, I was reaching a point where I desperately wanted something else—I wanted a self.
This week we have the Golden Calf episode! Is the Golden Calf party as bad as that bro who humped the Fearless Girl statue by the Wall Street Bull? Is the Golden Calf party unexpectedly woke? What was Jezebel all…
Aaron’s sons wore aprons with rhinestones all over them. But were they sexist? Find out with this week’s Drag Torah Tetzaveh! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae2PcrNSYHM&w=560&h=315]
There is such hatred in this world. Spiteful cowards, full of anger, commit vandalism, knocking over headstones in the dark, disrespecting our memories. Bitter, mean-spirited people make phone calls to JCCs, inconveniencing two year olds and scaring their families and…