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The Poetry of Jewish Black Identity
I became Bar Mitzvah on April 20th, 2002, the 130th anniversary of Hitler’s birth. My dad’s side of the family ...
Shaving Heads, Sharing Hope
Along with the rest of the world, particularly, the interconnected collective family known as “the Jewish community,” our hearts broke ...
Limmud-Gate and Learning to Debate With Love
The following d’var torah was given by Lindsay Simmonds at the first UK partnership minyan in November. To find out ...
In The Words of Chuck Selber, Part 2: A Jew, A Writer, And So Much More
This post continues our December series on the life and work of AIDS activist Chuck Selber.Chuck was, as his mom ...
It’s Never Too Late to Make a Difference: Edie Windsor
In 2006 I was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Before you get too impressed, I’ll remind you: in 2006 ...
New, Beautiful Video! Moving Highlights of the JOFA Conference
This week’s JOFA Conference, with 1000 participants from 125 cities in seven countries, over 50 sessions on topics as diverse ...
The Many-Flavored Wellspring That Is Orthodox Feminism
Little known fact: The JOFA Conference existed before JOFA existed. The first conference on feminism and Orthodoxy that took place ...
How I Learned to Do More Than Just “Accept” Same-Sex Relationships
I am not quite sure when I first started to understand the notion of homosexuality. When Billie Jean King was ...
Oh, how I wish I were going to the JOFA Conference!
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with conferences since the first GA I attended as a Hillel delegate while I was ...
My First JOFA Conference!
I’ve never been to a JOFA conference before. For four years, all through college, I heard from friends living in ...
A Bar Mitzvah Boy’s Call for Marriage Equality
I am a very, very strong supporter of equal rights and the freedom of men and women to marry whomever ...
JOFA 2013: The Ultimate Conference for Orthodox Jewish Feminists
We’re getting really excited about the JOFA conference, less than a week away! The 8th International JOFA Conference, set for ...