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Vashti is a heroine of the Purim story because she chose not to expose her naked body to the Court despite ...

Last week, I was on the road with TENT, a week-long traveling seminar on culture, history, and social justice for ...

Flashback: a few weeks ago, on this very blog, a post about Jewish conferences is published… authored by yours truly ...

When I think of home, I imagine the physical space I return to at night, the one with the white-washed ...

Fully capturing the essence of Jewish life across the South can be tricky, especially in towns without a formal congregation. ...

Growing up as the daughter of two teachers, my parents encouraged me to read every kind of book that I ...

Shana tova and chag sameach! The Jewish fall calendar is full of celebration and festivities and one of my favorites ...

“Did you hear about the rabbi getting thrown out of a Jackson restaurant?”Everyone at our office has been asked that ...

Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...

“Ever tried, ever failed,” Samuel Beckett once wrote. “No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. “  (in  Still Writing: ...