May 2014
Can We Talk About Israel?
A week after we celebrated the 66th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel, I’ve been reflecting ...
By The Power Vested in Me By The Commonwealth of Massachusetts! : 10 Years of Marriage Equality in MA
As we celebrate the ten year anniversary of legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, we’ve invited members of the community to ...
The Four Parents
“Does anyone have any questions?”If you attend a pre-camp orientation session, or meeting with a camp director over the school ...
Samurai Yenta
It’s hard to kvetch about being a Japanese Jew when you’re being spoiled by ladles of chicken schmaltz spoon-fed to ...
Confronting Mikveh with Honesty
There have been numerous conversations recently about mikveh, tzniut, niddah, and sexual relationships within the Orthodox community. They have spanned ...
To Snip Or Not To Snip? Why I Say “Yes” To Circumcision!
To snip or not to snip? That, apparently, is becoming a major question for some 21st-century American Jews.I have to ...
7 Places Where Religious Radicalism Threatens Women’s Well-Being in Israel
Women being arrested for praying out loud at the Western Wall – it’s a story so shocking that it has managed to ...
Coalition building: Towards LGBTQ-inclusive Sex Ed in Boston
Mimi Arbeit, who writes a weekly column called The Debrief for JewishBoston.com , takes a look at LGBTQ-inclusive sex ed. ...
Easy Money
For the last few days, I’ve been walking around the house singing and dancing more or less in tune and ...
“Are You Jewish?”
Yes. But it’s complicated.My mother is Jewish, which, as my grandmother used to tell me, means that the Nazis would ...