August 2013

Looking back on the past few months, I wouldn’t call it a “cruel summer.” Nor would I call it “the ...

This week, The Jewish Daily Forward featured our very own Rachel Jarman Myers in a piece about her work sharing ...

This summer, Habonim Dror Camp Na’aleh did something unprecedented at Jewish camp – we had a transgender bunk counselor. At Camp Na’aleh ...

I am sick of hearing about the VMAs and Miley Cyrus. Yup – she got on stage in a latex ...

Recently, one of my writing students turned in a story featuring an adorable, vulnerable child whose blue eyes were “wide ...

The call comes in the middle of the night.“Your nephew’s got it in his head that he wants to have ...

August 28, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have ...

I’m advocating a new angle on Heshbon Nefesh, ‘soul’s accounting’, that we do in preparation to the High Holidays of ...

This summer, Habonim Dror Camp Na’aleh did something unprecedented at Jewish camp – we had a transgender bunk counselor. At ...

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...