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The Mothers is the first book I’ve written that does not primarily consist of Jewish characters. It’s a little weird that ...

We recently finished celebrating Passover, a holiday where “oppression” is an ongoing theme (and freedom, of course, is our cause ...

Passover ended less than a week ago.Many Jews say that Passover is our favourite holiday. And why not? On Seder ...

I will never forget the moment when my daughter came out. She was 5 years old. We were eating dinner ...

Creating inclusive Jewish spaces is a great goal — but how do you do it? While the answer is likely ...

Jon Adam Ross is a widely acclaimed theater artist, founding company member of Storahtelling and the Northwoods Ramah Theater Company. ...

Joel Yanofsky is the author of Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism.   We figured we were all set. ...

A couple of weeks ago, Yair Rosenberg wrote a thought-provoking article in the online Tablet Magazine, entitled ‘America’s Anti-Gun Theocrats: ...

There’s a new player on the Jewish blog scene, and it’s not holding back. Jewrotica is a “pluralistic and sex-positive organization ...

On Tuesday night, I hosted a large Passover seder at my home in Jackson, Mississippi. Out of love for this ...

On March 26, 2007, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the legal and spiritual center for Conservative Judaism in America, ...

Today’s post features more Jewish history from Kentucky, the most recent state completed in our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities.  When ...