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Death is the end? Really?!
My mother’s birthday coincided with Shavuot this year. She would have been 76 years old, had she not died in ...
Seamlessly Chinese and Jewish
Recently at work, one of my co-workers, who is a Chinese originally from Taiwan, stopped by my desk to ask ...
(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 ...
My Jewish Camp Group’s 27-Year-Reunion (Or, “How My Husband Finally ‘Got’ My Jewish Camp Obsession”)
Growing up in Texas, I started attending Greene Family Camp in 1980. I was one of those camp kids: Greene ...
Finding My Voice Through the Book of Ruth
I have always fancied myself as a feminist. When I was in primary school, I remember arguing with one of ...
Jewish Pirates and Other Treasures
It’s the end of the summer, and my children are educating me about Jewish pirates.“They lived in the Caribbean in ...
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 ...
Red Quinoa Tabbouleh with Labneh
Quinoa is not one of my go-to foods. In fact it’s one of my least favorite foods right up there ...
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 ...
Two Women Make a Quorum
As I wrote in The Torch last fall, I started attending the early morning minyan at my synagogue with the ...
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 ...
Renewing Disruptive Innovation
In April, I represented ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal among #tenrabbis joining CLAL co-president Irwin Kula at the TriBeCa Disruptive ...