June 2014

Alexandra Kohl attended the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ and Ally Teen Shabbaton this April. In the spirit of Pride month, she is sharing a bit ...

On Sunday I helped organize a rally at our JCC in support of the three teenagers, Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach, ...

I never intended to write novels.I also never intended to write for The New York Times. When I was 17, I ...

Pride and community go hand in hand. For a good part of my life, I didn’t have much of either.I ...

The prayer book Siddur Eit Ratzon includes a contemporary prayer for Israel. “We affirm that it is possible for Jews ...

You may not picture central Mississippi as central to Jewish life. But every summer, one of the most dynamic Jewish ...

Earlier this month we heard from Jordan Dashow about how having  pride in his queer identity  meant having pride in his ...

A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to staff a table at the Chicago Jewish Festival. It was a ...

It was a day like any other. I was absorbed in the details of my life, answering an overflowing stack ...

Click here for part 1 of this series. Rabbi Benay Lappe instructed us in the traditional method of Talmud study, ...