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Passover: Fact or Fiction

Passover is definitely one of my favorite holidays. It’s generally observed at home – with friends and/or family. There are ...

Hillel, Comma, Open, and Beit Shammai

Once again HIllel has found itself in the news due to several recent events: Eric Fingerhut’s refusal to speak at ...

Megillah, Matzah, and Equality

This is an exciting time of the year to be an observant Jew. The religious momentum in the months of ...

Mensch Madness Game 4: Serpent vs. Donkey!

The tension in the air is palpable as we prepare for today’s tip-off at the Manischewitz Arena. Mensch Madness Game ...

Brave Chabad Woman Speaks Out Against Childhood Abuser

On March 23, Sima Yarmush, the daughter of Chabad Shlichim, emissaries, in Santa Monica, California, shared her story of childhood ...

Can The Jewish People Find Common Ground?

Can the Jewish people find common ground? Is there enough that brings together all the varied different ways of being ...

Mensch Madness Game 3: Golem vs. Big Fish!

Today’s game is a competition of strategies, offense versus defense in a fight between two BIG competitors: The Golem, and ...

The Ultimate Tzedakah: Being a Surrogate Mother

Keshet is pretty excited about The Guys Next Door , a feature-length documentary that tells the story of Erik and ...

Closing the Gap

I’d like to share with you all the holiday message I have written to the members of Or Shalom Synagogue, ...

Do We Need Lent in Judaism?

There are two funny images I like to circulate this time every year as we approach the Passover holiday. The ...

Can Modesty Be A Feminist Choice?

By the time I finally bought my first bikini, I was sixteen years old. As a chubby kid who had ...

All About Those Plagues – A Passover Parody

This is the second year that my congregation, B’nai Shalom in Westborough MA, has produced a Passover Parody video – ...

Passover, 70 Years After the Liberation

“It was the day before Passover, and our Division Chaplain, of the 42nd Rainbow Division sent out a notice that we were ...

Gasping For Air In Israeli Discourse

I love the ocean.  Whether surfing or just playing in the waves, as a native Californian, I feel at home ...

Heather and Her Mommies March into the 21st Century

Heather Has Two Mommies , the first of its kind children’s book about a child of two moms, is celebrating its 25th birthday! ...

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