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Meeting My Palestinian Neighbors For the First Time
Nine months ago I opened the front door of my apartment in Alon Shvut and took a 20-minute walk that ...
Aliyah – A Journey to Family, to Community and to Empowering Our Sisters in Israel
If you had told me five years ago that I would be making aliyah in the midst of a war ...
A New Sesame on the Block
Sesame seems to be enjoying a moment in the spotlight recently and I couldn’t be happier. Halva was always a staple ...
Honest Boundaries Make Good Neighbors
I always forget, in between trips, how stunningly beautiful Israel is. When I return, it is like opening a favorite ...
A Historian’s First Trip to the Jewish Delta
What’s “new” for this historian? Well, at the moment, we are in the process of updating the Mississippi entries for ...
Researching Jewish History through a Woman’s Eyes
It’s strange but true that being a woman made me uniquely positioned to write my historical novels. Growing up a ...
The Sunrise Of A New Year
I am emotionally fatigued by all the heartbreak of this past summer. I am drained by the tragedy of the ...
Tikkun Olam: “Doing Stuff”
I’ll start with a confession. After writing these monthly blogs about summer camp for almost two years now, I still ...
Mishkan in Mississippi
The last thing I imagined to find when I moved to Mississippi? A tabernacle.Over the years, I’ve learned a lot ...
An Ancient Oath Renewed for Labor Day
Often reality is stranger than fiction; The vote for one of the first major strike in American history was taken ...
Jewish Women Deserve Better
Five months ago, I wrote about my struggles as a newly married woman in adjusting to the observance of Taharat ...
Maimonides’ Home and My Grandmother’s Song
Ladino first cast its magic spell on me in childhood. It always struck me as a graceful, rolling language, one ...