Celebrate
Why I Love (Even Secular) New Year’s Celebrations
It is easy to be dismissive of any grand significance to New Year’s. Sure, it is fun–an excuse to gather ...
I’ll Take All The New Years I Can Get
Several years ago, I was at a chain drugstore in Jackson, Mississippi, running some last-minute errands as I prepared to ...
Drawn to the Light
One of my favorite poets, a slam poet named Vanessa Hidary, asks, in one of her remarkable pieces in which ...
How to Build a Sukkah (Video)
A guide to building a sukkah, produced by G-dcast and Moishe House.
Sticky Cinnamon Bun Rugelach Recipe
Sticky cinnamon bun, meet your new BFF, the rugelach.
Do Your Tzedakah Priorities Reflect Your Values?
People want our tzedakah dollars. We are all deluged by solicitations, whether through phone calls, online requests, mailed letters, or ...
My Jewish Son’s Love of Christmas
My wife and I are a multiracial couple. She’s Black. I’m White. Our 4-year-old son is biracial.My wife grew up ...
Can Our Love Be Bigger Than Our Fear?
My fear is not very far below the surface. It rises when I hear about another shooting in Brooklyn, sometimes ...
Tisha B’Av 2016
Tisha B’Av (the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av) begins at sunset on Saturday, August 13, and continues ...
Taking Sides on Hanukkah
I often wonder what group I would have belonged to when people were being asked to stand up and be ...
How to Make A Bike-Powered Menorah in Mississippi (and Everywhere)
Spending Hanukkah in the Deep South is far from my “most remote” holiday experience. In December of 2012, I was ...
Where Are You Lighting Your Lights?
After spending two years as ISJL Education Fellows serving the South, fellowship alumni often leave for places near and far ...