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A Multi-faith Tree of Incomparable Beauty
Recently, a new artisan storefront opened near my Main Street home. As I like to support local artisans, I wandered ...
Eating Bacon?
This is the third in a short series about adoption and multiracial Jewish families that Be’chol Lashon will be running over ...
A Shabbat of Learning, Prayer, and Growth at UPenn
This summer, I had the privilege of attending a conference about Partnership Minyanim, hosted by Shira Hadasha in Jerusalem. I ...
Why Gay-Straight-Alliances Are Needed in Schools
Each April schools across the country observe a Day of Silence, a day dedicated to ending anti-LGBTQ bullying and harassment. While we will be ...
What!? You Mean Women Can Actually Study Talmud?
Memories of the film, Yentl, came to mind when a number of highly Jewishly educated women invited me to join ...
A Bigger View of Service
I listened to a recent episode of the NPR show On Being (formerly Speaking of Faith) called “The Calling of ...
Joining Hands, Marching Together
Last week we celebrated Passover. The Seders I attended called me to think about Mitzrayim, the narrow places where people are still oppressed.I thought about the ...
Passover & the Dream of Liberation
On Passover, we are taught every generation must see themselves as if they had personally been liberated from Egypt. For ...
My Seder Plate Has Cinnamon
There are several ways that LGBTQ Jews can be symbolically honored during the Passover seder. The orange on the seder ...
Sex and Modern Orthodox Singles: Between Halakha and Reality
I was a Girl Scout for ten years, from 3rd-12th grade. I learned how to start a fire, cook for ...
Reflecting on Freedom: Passover & the Supreme Court
This past summer I had the opportunity to be a part of the Religious Action Center’s (RAC) college internship program, Machon ...
Claiming Our Spiritual Ancestry
In the year 2000, I was still a newly-minted Jew, having completed my conversion in March of 1999. As Passover ...