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To Find God – Take the Summer Off

Why is it that synagogue and church attendance drops in the summer? For years, churches and synagogues have noticed what ...

Survival of the Self: Continuously Cultivating an Independent Identity

Like everyone else, I balance different aspects of my identity: American, Jew, New Yorker, educator, feminist, mother, white, spouse, runner, ...

How A Jew Buys Cowboy Boots in Texas

Last week while I was visiting my hometown of Austin, Texas, I was moved to get a new pair of ...

My Brain is Full! And So Is My Heart.

One of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons features a boy in a classroom, hand raised, as he says: “May I ...

The Devil You Know

For all of Torah’s miracles large and small, the story of a talking donkey who sees an angel is perhaps ...

Empowering Bat Mitzvah Girls

A few years ago my family was living in Israel and attending a synagogue near our home. One Shabbat, our ...

Why We Should Separate Civil and Religious Marriage. And Why We Shouldn’t.

Same sex marriage is now the law of the land. The Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Obergefell v. Hodges ...

Cheryl Moch & Cinderella’s Real True Story

This June Keshet is so very excited to be partnering with the Jewish Women’s Archive to celebrate Pride. Each week we will bring ...

Praying For My Children After Charleston

Week after week, I light two small candles. I move behind my children and put one hand on each of ...

What’s More Southern & Jewish Than A Cantor on A Motorcycle?

I just completed a two-month Sabbatical from my congregation in New Orleans. I spent most of that time visiting small ...

Transforming our Curses into Blessings

In (and out of) synagogues, campuses, JCCs, summer camps and religious schools, people are developing opinions about hot-button issues. As ...

Robert E. Lee is not Moses

What does the rebellion of Korach against Moses have to do with the Confederate flag? Korach is a close relative ...

Marriage Equality: Our Figurative Promised Land

Tears of joy! “Equal protection under the law” are the words everywhere on my Facebook feed. This is simultaneously a ...

The Supremes Are Singing

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that all couples are entitled to enjoy equal marriage right across ...

Painful Hope

I had no idea that the day I met Ali Abu Awwad would signal a radical turning point in my ...

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