2013

Escaping Germany, Settling in McGehee, Arkansas

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to conduct a workshop on oral history techniques at Hendrix College in Conway, ...

Am I Really This Typical?

Sheira Director-Nowack is the associate director of Camp JRF in South Sterling, PA.As a Jewish camping professional for the past ...

My Name Is Inigo Montoya

Remember Mandy Patinkin’s character Inigo Montoya in  The Princess Bride ? When Montoya was a child, the story goes, the six-fingered ...

Porn in the City

Porn in the City: Are the kids really alright? What does it mean to grow up in the age of ...

Special Education: A Special Need in Jewish Education

By Education Fellow Elaine BarenblatI have loved teaching since I was very young, but I did not get my first ...

Epic Memories of Camp

Noam Slomovic is 13 years old, lives in New York City, and has been attending Camp Moshava in Honesdale, PA ...

Parashat VaYikra: “And God Called”: The Process is the Message

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

Religious Political Power in Israel Comes to a Halt

For many years the political power of Israel’s Orthodox minority spread as if it would never reach a limit. While ...

The Power of a Smile

I grew up in Texas, like in most of the South, people in Texas greet each other warmly and a ...

International Women’s Day: Torah from the Margins

Torah teaches that ancient Israelite women refused to donate their jewelry to build the Golden Calf. Instead they donated their ...

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