Jewish History

As a history intern for the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life this summer, one of my responsibilities was to ...

Shelly Weiss, an iconic self-defined queer, Jewish, genderfluid lifelong political activist and founder of OUTmedia, is the subject of this ...

Given the rise of today’s growing youth-led LGBTQ movements, there seems to be a divide between where we have been ...

The sanctuary of Temple Kol Emeth is completely filled. Judges, lawyers and rabbis who will address the crowd sit on ...

“The birds are gone.  The life that throbbed through tree, bush and grass is stilled.  The ground is frozen so ...

On September 10, 1813, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led the U.S. Navy to victory in the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie, which ...

I did not fast during Ramadan. But I did somehow experience a little bit of the meaning of the Muslim ...

When I first told people that I was moving to Mississippi to work for a Jewish organization, I received a ...

Identity is complicated.

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

This June Keshet is so very excited to be partnering with the Jewish Women’s Archive to celebrate Pride. Each week we will bring ...

What does the rebellion of Korach against Moses have to do with the Confederate flag? Korach is a close relative ...