February 2016

Scribes in a Circumscribed World: From Esther to Me

Purim is the one day of the year I feel empowered in my community. The rest of the year, services ...

Oh Happy Day! What Country Radio Reminded Me About Jewish Prayers

A few days a week, I am in the car at 6:00 in the morning– not my usual commute time! ...

The Photo Op of a Lifetime

“I have a son with special needs. I would love to feel like there would be a place for him ...

A Queer Jew Looks Back on High School (and the Search for Role Models)

The very first person I came out to as a lesbian just introduced himself as a proud transman for the ...

City Mouse, Country Mouse: Is Jewish Continuity a Fable?

I’m a city girl from North America, used to big city Judaism. I have grown up and worked in cities ...

9 Reasons to Bring Jewish Kids to Cemeteries

One of the things I love getting to do since relocating to Jackson, Mississippi, is teach in our congregation’s Sunday ...

Women of the Tent: The Power of Women’s Prayer Spaces

It was a sunny winter day in Boca Raton, Florida. My mother and I approached the home where local history ...

Seeing Bigger

Travel in your mind to the top of our atmosphere, where Earth’s envelope of life-giving oxygen and nitrogen blends into the cold vacuum of ...

Curated Jewish Experiences Can Happen in Congregations Too

At the end of last week, Ha’aretz published an important article by Debra Nussbaum Cohen, highlighting a number of enterprising ...

Celebrating Heroes During Black History Month

If you had to pick one figure from Black history who inspires you, who would it be? An unfair question ...