December 2015

For several weeks now, I’ve maintained a careful silence in my 9th grade Jewish Literature classroom about the politics of immigration ...

Hineni.  Here I am, ready to nurse my last child for the last time. My mind is like a vortex for ...

I love my girls. We have a blast together. We ski ALOT. We make endless fun of each other. Secret ...

This year, Hanukkah has special meaning for the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda. Hanukkah is not a major holiday like Shabbat or ...

Many of us had not seen each other for decades. Most of them I barely recognized. It was the 40th reunion ...

I love to travel. If I could I would be always either in the midst of traveling or preparing for ...

I’ve lived in big cities like Los Angeles, and small towns in the Mississippi Delta. I’ve been part of communities ...

In honor of our 18th anniversary tribute dinner, we launched the photography campaign #HumansofJOFA. Modeled on the famous (and oft-replicated) ...

In Jewish tradition, sitting shiva is a trust fall.

I have always found it difficult to romanticize the tale of right and might that belongs to the Maccabees.  I ...