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Yes, I’m Celebrating a New Jewish Holiday Today
Let’s make a new Jewish holiday.Wait…what?Let’s make a new Jewish holiday. When I opened a recent daily e-mail from The ...
My Friends in Israel Are Not All Israeli
With the recent violence and escalation in the Middle East, my mind is on Israel. With every report of a ...
Liberalism, Loyalty and Israel
I am sad. I am scared. I am angry.Like many of you, over the last few weeks, I’ve been following ...
An Open Letter to Everyone Who Asks Me Why I’m Still Here
This is the second post in a two-part series of blog posts written by high school students. We encourage you ...
A Controversial Clarification
This is the first post in a two-part series of blog posts written by high school students. We encourage you ...
Jewish History in Cajun Country: A Secret Synagogue
I am Jewish. I am a historian. And, as my name attests—I am also Cajun French, so I was most ...
No More Whispers
What can happen when we take mikvah out of the realm of the hidden, and bring it into a space ...
I Am Orthodox: Why Labels Matter
A few weeks ago Elad Nehorai of Pop Chassid posted a provocative piece entitled, “Jews, It’s Time To Abolish The ...
Letting a New Light Shine
I am coming up on my one-year anniversary of working at the Jewish Women’s Archive. It’s a pleasant shock that ...
Please. Just Stop.
I do not want to write about the horrific deaths of the three Israeli boys. I had other things I ...
¿Cómo te llamas?…How Do Latino Jews Identify?
I’m a Latina Jew. I live in New York City, famous for the diversity of its population; after all, 37 ...
Novels and the Art of the Mauritshuis
Last night, I had the great honor of reading from my new novel, The Anatomy Lesson (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday) inside ...