Global Judaism

Greek Jewish Hanukkah Is Not A Paradox

Celebrating Hanukkah with unique Greek Jewish customs

Boy Connects Pennsylvania with Uganda

Inspired by need and connection, bar mitzvah boy reaches across the globe.

A Recipe for Glamorous Global Purim Cocktails

Want the secret recipe to the perfect global Jewish cocktails? Read on.

Blessed Are Thou Lord Who Multitasks

Rosh Hashanah is a magical time.  Or at least, we seem to think so. According to the Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah ...

Reb Zalman in the Andes

This piece is being published on the yahrzeit of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi of blessed memory, may his teachings endure. It begins like ...

Seamlessly Chinese and Jewish

Recently at work, one of my co-workers, who is a Chinese originally from Taiwan, stopped by my desk to ask ...

Jewish Pirates and Other Treasures

It’s the end of the summer, and my children are educating me about Jewish pirates.“They lived in the Caribbean in ...

Colombia: Encountering the Other, Finding Ourselves

Pining for adventure? Missing the warmth and the sun? The Be’chol Lashon/Vanderbilt Hillel Student Trip to Colombia combined both together ...

This Passover Choose Judaism

My wife and I are an interracial couple. I am a White, Ashkenazi Jewish man from New York. She is ...

Welcoming the Bride Modern Style

 Since I released my latest music video, “Boee Kala,” many friends, fellow musicians, and community members have asked me questions ...