May 2013

Introducing Inspector Avraham Avraham

I can honestly say I was concerned by this “Mystery of the Hebrew Detective,” mainly before and after writing the ...

S.W.A.K.

My first summer at Camp Nah-Jee-Wah, when I was going into 4th grade, my mother promised me Capri Sun Juice ...

Can a Policeman be an Israeli Hero?

I’ll try to summarize the new problem of writing a detective in Hebrew in a simple way. The biography of ...

When Sensitivity Boils Over

I saw a post on my Facebook feed yesterday that confused me. The post was from a friend who happens ...

Top 10 Ways to Get Ready for Camp

1. Get Outside and Get Moving. Make sure your camper increases their physical activity prior to camp so that they ...

Our Customized Father’s Day Gift Guide

Father’s Day is just around the corner, and if your dad is anything like ours, he’s probably pretty tough to ...

When 50 Happens to Good People: Part Two

Ok, so I hadn’t done time in prison, I’d just spent one day there. I’d just covered what was believed ...

Detective Fiction and the Zionist Cultural Revolution

Below, D. A. Mishani continues where he left off yesterday: wondering about the evolution of popular literary genres in Israel ...

A Champion for Inclusion

After nearly ten years of doing LGBT inclusion work in the Jewish LGBT community, first as the founding director of Jewish ...

In Our Own Backyard: Pursuing Justice, Fighting Fundamentalism

Jay Michaelson, a contributing editor to The Forward, recently wrote an article about the dangers of fundamentalism within Judaism. In my ...