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A Guide to the (Not So) Complex: An Interview with Nick Teich
Nick Teich is a busy person. In between pursuing a Ph.D. in social policy at Brandeis University’s Heller School for ...
My Very Own Fiscal Cliff
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, let me be sure to say that I am thankful for everything and everyone that ...
And Jacob Came Out…
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
When a Story is Born Form First
Most of my stories begin with an image or a line that arrives whole and I follow it into the ...
Two Worlds
By Education Fellow Reva FrankelI grew up in a Modern Orthodox community, so when I came to work at the ...
Can a Rabbi Marry Two Non-Jews?
“Can a rabbi officiate at a wedding of two non-Jews?” a colleague asked on a on a rabbinic Facebook group ...
Semitic Squads
Each of our 50 essays focuses on an individual figure. (The closest there is to an exception is Deborah Lipstadt‘s moving ...
There’s No Place Like a Jewish Home
In Little Rock, Arkansas, ISJL Education Fellow Erin poses with students who participated in a special program called “There’s No ...
The Shame of Israel
It was after sustaining over 1,000 rockets fired into Southern Israel from the Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2012, ...
We Missed These Jewish Jocks. Do You Know Them?
In the movie Airplane, a passenger asks for some “light” reading and is offered “this leaflet, ‘Famous Jewish Sports Legends.'” But ...
I AM: Trans People Speak
As October moves on into November, we move from LGBT Month into Trans Awareness Month, culminating in Transgender Day of Remembrance. ...
Wrong Blessing. Right.
Three weeks had passed since they had put my daughter’s hand in a cast. A small misstep while working with ...
The Accidental Slurrist
It’s happened twice in the last four years: I’ve been in the middle of a lovely conversation with someone, and ...
Hanukkah 2012 Gift Guide
The High Holidays are over and Thanksgiving is around the corner. That can only mean one thing here at MyJewishLearning: ...
My Jewish Transgender Journey
We know that this post is much longer than our usual posts. We do hope you’ll stick with it to ...