Beliefs & Practices

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From Monsey to Istanbul

Whenever I visit somewhere new, whether in my country of origin or somewhere foreign, I typically stand on the periphery ...

Fighting for our Sacred Center

Yesterday, around the world, we Jews observed Tisha B’Av, a day of grieving the historical destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, ...

How Jewish Camping Got Me To Move To Mississippi

My family and friends back home were baffled when I announced that, upon graduating from college, I would be moving ...

Yes, She Wore a Kippah, But Not to the Kotel

She wore a kippah as she opened her gemara. We were a somewhat diverse group–I come from an Orthodox background, ...

My Brain is Full! And So Is My Heart.

One of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons features a boy in a classroom, hand raised, as he says: “May I ...

Young Jews: Every Voice Matters

“For they (the teachings) are our life source, and what lengthen our days, and so we meditate on them day ...

(Rock) Climbing to the World to Come

A few months ago, even though I’m afraid of heights, I joined the local rock gym. No, I had never ...

Sharing Jewish Journeys: A Simple & Sweet Shavuot Program

Two years ago at the ISJL Education Conference, there was a wonderful program about diversity and inclusion in our Jewish ...

Shavuot & Social Justice

As we are approach the end of the Counting of the Omer, the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot, I’m ...

A Southern Jewish Woman’s Story from 1879 Asks Questions Still Lingering Today

I recently came across a short story titled Miss Magdalena Peanuts, published in the Atlantic Monthly in September, 1879. It ...

Strangers and Black Crabs

My husband and I just returned from vacation, which included a stop in the Bahamas. Lucky for us, it rained. ...

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