March 2014

Every year costumed women and children arrive from communities across the island, all aglow and abuzz with great anticipation. Purim ...

I’ll let you in on a few of the secrets.Each week, I put out a call on Facebook for those ...

ReelAbilities: NY Disabilities Film Festival is the largest festival of its kind in the country. We present films by and ...

Mississippi’s state legislature is debating a bill that critics say would allow businesses to refuse service to LGBT people. Lex Rofes, ...

The Whipping Man , by playwright Matthew Lopez, depicts an amazing historical convergence: the Civil War’s end, this nation’s long ...

Renowned operatic baritone Thomas Hampson was once asked how he managed to keep from crying during a tragic aria. His ...

There’s a serious side to Purim costumes and masquerades: Who do we want to be? Who do we want our ...

Today is Share the Word to End the Word Day. The word “retard” that is. It was once acceptable to ...

When you think “Salem, Massachusetts” understanding and equality probably aren’t the first things that come to mind.  My guess is ...

Purim for Jews is a public riot, but in our family we celebrate Purim quietly.  My brother Daniel can’t hear and our ...