2013
Passover: A Different Kind of Liberation Story
The connection between the Passover story and LGBTQ liberation is easy. Too easy. A group of people suffer under oppressors ...
When It Is Not Obvious
A couple weeks ago news stations around the country featured the story of an 87-year old woman, a resident of ...
Why Neither the Pope nor Moses Will be at My Seder
One should not be surprised the Pope is not coming to my seder. Truth is, we do not know each ...
March Director’s Corner
Stefan Teodosic is the Executive Director of B’nai B’rith Beber Camp and the Perlman Conference Center in Mukwonago, Wisconsin.My mentor ...
A Novel About Early Childhood
Some academics have observed that young Jewish writers do not mine their personal lives for material in the same way ...
The Power of Community
Earlier this week, Rabbi Shira Stutman wrote a short essay in Slate about her realization that when she was in middle ...
Queering Your Seder: LGBTQ Haggadot
Passover is fast approaching, which means it’s time to prepare to lead, or participate in, a seder. It can be ...
A Visit to Shushan
Purim and drama have always been passions in my family. This year they intertwined in a totally unexpected and unique ...
Chocolate Makes Everything Taste Better
Lauri Exley lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, four-year-old daughter and 18-month-old son.Charoset, fried matzo, wine, matzo meal bagels, ...
Follow the Talmud or a Jewish Sharia?
No American Jew could have experienced a more inspiring introduction to Israel that I did upon arriving in darkness aboard ...