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Petraeus: When leaders let us down
Two days ago my colleague, Amy Small, wrote a powerful piece putting the news glut on the Petraeus scandal into ...
Sports Is Like Hollywood: They’re Both Jewish!
In Operation Shylock , Philip Roth wrote a passage that, had he not written it, we would have needed to ...
What’s in a Name?
When selecting a name for our youngest child, I was campaigning hard for “Jedediah” should the baby be a boy. ...
Morally Reprehensible Behavior
For some of us in New Jersey and New York the last couple of weeks post-Sandy have been very difficult. ...
The Jewish Organization Equality Index Launches!
A new report on LGBT inclusion in the Jewish community was just released and it’s already making waves. The Jewish Organization ...
“We ALL Have Work To Do”: Dr. Susan Glisson on Race, the “Riot” at Ole Miss, and Reconciliation
There it was, in the news, soon after the results of the November 6 election were announced: bigotry in the ...
Nature vs. Nurture: A Story of Generation(s)
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
From the Collection: High Water
As stated in one of our last posts about the hurricane, we are familiar with what the devastation of hurricanes ...
Wimps
Are Israeli guys real men? Yes, I mean the tank commanders and pilots and infantry sergeants. The ones who are ...
Online classes with MyJewishLearning
This Holiday season MyJewishLearning is offering two live, interactive, online classes designed to help you prepare for Thanksgiving.Global Day of ...
Dear Abby: My Parent is Transgender
Even as voices from the transgender community slowly become part of the ongoing conversation about inclusion, there’s one set of ...
Make My Day
The legacy of Abraham is complex and varied, both within and between religious traditions. What does it mean to be ...
Writing Biography: The Historian’s Challenge, Part 2
Can biographers really know their subjects fully? Was Mark Twain right when he said that “a man’s real life is ...
Why I Care About Trans Day of Remembrance as a (“Cisgender”) Gay Man
I’m a white gay Jewish man. Up until a few years ago, I didn’t even know what “cisgender” meant.Three weeks ...
Caregiving or Responsibility?
I think that it would be wrong to let the day go by without saying something about the election. But ...