August 2013

Talking with Naomi Zeveloff, editor of the Forward’s transgender and Jewish series

Yesterday we introduced you to the great new series on transgender Jewish identity published by the Forward. It’s the first comprehensive ...

The Rise of the Gluten-Free Jews

In my late teens, when the Air Supply song “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All,” was popular, I developed ...

Home From Camp & Back to School

Camp ended.I can’t believe it’s over. All of a sudden, I transitioned from the tie-dyed 24/7 magic of camp to ...

Love Karma and Escaping the Bruises of Life

When I was writing my memoir, which is sort of a chronicle of all my failed love relationships, each morning when ...

Why Do I Exercise? Two Words: “B’Tzelem Elohim”

As a Jewish professional, I am always looking for ways to connect Judaism to our lives. “Professional” Jews know that ...

Jewish and Transgender: The Forward Series

 Last week, Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Private first class Bradley Manning, made headlines. Her announcement that she would be living ...

Closing Time

As the Semisonic song goes, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” And as we wrap up our ...

The Walking Jewish Exhibitionists

A few weeks ago I was asked to give a keynote address at a middle school. My ever-proud Jewish mother ...

The French During the Holocaust and the Complications of History

For the past eight summers, I’ve taught creative writing at the Paris American Academy, a small school in a neighborhood ...

Hillel and Shammai

Two weeks ago I posted a piece responding to some articles on patrilineality which provoked several excellent other blog posts ...