2013

Few places in America are more remote than southeastern Kentucky.  Back in the early 20th century, a handful of Jewish ...

I thought I had entered completely into the world of my novel: Boyle Heights in the 1920s and 30s, when ...

“Everything is rent.” – Rent, by Jonathan LarsonThis week our Jewish high school put on a production of Rent, a ...

By ISJL Education Fellow Dan RingThe ISJL Education Curriculum addresses Israel in many ways at various grade levels. The fifth ...

Torah Queery: A Queer Take on the Weekly Torah Portion Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these ...

It was January 2007, almost exactly six years ago. I was sitting in my office, reviewing a dense corporate document ...

There’s acid rock, blues rock, glam rock, punk rock, and about 100 more variations of good ol’ rock and roll. ...

For more than a year, I’ve been working with Dr. Ron Wolfson  to plan a ten-day lecture tour to visit communities ...

Every day, I do the New York Times crossword puzzle. It truly is a ritual for me, almost as sacred ...

I always begin like this, with Irv, my grandfather, and then I describe him, An angel on Earth, never another like him. ...