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What Does the End of Racism Look Like?
The question was simple: “What would the world look like if there was no more racism?” I turned to my ...
Judaism is Increasingly Transdenominational — And That’s A Good Thing
The Jewish day school I attended for grade school and middle school was affiliated with the Conservative movement of Judaism. ...
After Creating Change: Standing in Solidarity
This past weekend, the National LGBTQ Task Force convened its annual Creating Change Conference. Founded in 1998, the Task Force’s ...
Bat Mitzvah as Rite of Passage into Self and Community
My daughter Ktoret Ashira was born on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem in 2001. Two and a half years ago we ...
Getting More Comfortable With the Culture of Prayer in the South
In the South, people pray a lot. It’s all around us: on TV, on billboards, at football games, even at ...
Personal/History: Teaching the Next Generation about the AIDS Crisis
I spent the evening of November 3rd weeping. I’d been teaching Tony Kushner’s Angels in America to my high school ...
A Hug and a (Christian) Prayer
“People from the United Church of Canada like to hug,” said my friend B.I filed this random fact away under ...
Approaching “Niddah” with Radical Openness
I am learning the laws of niddah, laws that relate to menstruation and sexuality, with a group of women. It has ...
Queer Jews of Color: We Belong
It is powerful to see yourself reflected in history, in a story, or even in a room. That power is ...
Can I Hear You Now?
“When the reception goes down, the volume goes up.” These were the sage words of one of my honored teachers ...
Between the Holy and the Frustrating
It’s Friday afternoon in a quiet Maryland suburb. Cars pull into driveways and kids get off school buses, ready to ...