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Hanukkah: Holiday of Queer Miracles
I’m skeptical of Hanukkah. Maybe it’s the rampant commercialism that defines the entire month of December. Maybe it’s the way ...
Who isn’t a Jew?
In the ongoing dustup that started several years ago between Rabbi Daniel Gordis and a series of young rabbis, most ...
Seminole’s Henry Katz Shares Stories with Style
Since the 1940s, the Jews of Seminole, Ada, Nowata, and Shawnee, Oklahoma, have met at the Seminole Hebrew Center for ...
RULES WERE MEANT TO BE BROKEN
“Start working on this great work of art, called your own existence”– AJ HeschelA Life well lived is an art: ...
Yiddish Chickens, Screaming Latkes, and a Pig Who Wants to Be Kosher
What do Yiddish-speaking chickens, screaming latkes, and a pig who really, really wants to be kosher have in common?They’re all ...
A Pivotal Moment
“I hate them,” he said, with quiet conviction.“Who do you hate?” I probed.“Them. The Palestinians. I hate them.”It was at ...
“The Guthrie Incident”: An Episode of Anti-Semitism in Oklahoma
The idea of a Jewish conspiracy to control the world has long been a canard of anti-Semites. Its most infamous ...
The Reprieve
Were you aware that every year, erev Thanksgiving, a turkey is sent to the White House for the president to ...
Double Vision
Perhaps after I was born, someone sneaked into the hospital nursery and instead of snatching me, stood above me and ...
Two Worlds
By Education Fellow Reva FrankelI grew up in a Modern Orthodox community, so when I came to work at the ...
The Shame of Israel
It was after sustaining over 1,000 rockets fired into Southern Israel from the Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2012, ...
Sports Is Like Hollywood: They’re Both Jewish!
In Operation Shylock , Philip Roth wrote a passage that, had he not written it, we would have needed to ...