Partner Blogs

This update comes to us from AmeriCorps member Gernelle Nelson. For her year of national service, she’s working in the Community ...

I have a confession to make: I know very little about the African-American experience.There. I’ve said it.Just over fourteen percent ...

“Jews are dogs, killers of Christ!”The shouts came from an irate woman as I was walking into one of our ...

When I first began studying Yiddish, I felt like I was remembering something I already knew.It was a lovely sensation, this ...

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

You may have noticed we’ve had a few B’nai Mitzvah-related posts lately.  We are at the start of celebrating our ...

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times ran an article about the death of Eddie Goldstein, “the last Jewish man of ...

They invented the term 100% trans Jewcore, and as Schmekel they are rocking our world! Keshet caught up with the ...

There is a real difference between counseling an individual who has experienced a traumatic moment and experiencing a traumatic moment ...

Sometime back in my childhood, I got the idea that it was “nicer” to say “I’m Jewish” than “I’m a ...

As a rabbi and an activist, I often get called upon to speak at interfaith events of various sorts.  Over ...

A girl, her two moms, and the woman who created this now famous bookWhen Heather Has Two Mommies, a children’s ...

Although I live in California, I don’t share the New Age belief that there are no coincidences. I think many ...

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 ...