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One day at synagogue, my friend excitedly came up to me, and asked me to come to the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ ...

I recently had the pleasure of touring the NY School for the Deaf in White Plains, NY with Alexis Kashar, ...

As a Jew, do I respond to the needs of the stranger as I am repeatedly commanded to do so? ...

Recently, Southern Sunday School students did a program on Jewish heroes. The students were having a great time, collaborating, playing ...

With great fanfare, David Zvi Kalman and Joshua Schwartz announced their production of a new, “egalitarian and queer-inclusive” bencher, Seder ...

Teenagers Sasha and Malia Obama couldn’t keep a straight face during the annual Turkey Pardon Ceremony.Thank God for their commentary ...

This Thanksgiving, I felt so grateful for the presence of beloved family. Yet I was also mindful of a friend’s ...

When Abraham Lincoln set forth his proclamation in 1863 fixing a national day of Thanksgiving he evoked the images of ...

Thanksgiving beckons loved ones together to count blessings and honor journeys toward freedom and plenty. Whether our ancestors traveled to these ...

I hope we can all agree that the tragedy of the Freundel case is the harm that was done to ...

When I was a college student, I remember an image from a class that has stuck with me. It was ...

(Trigger warning: This post includes stories of suicide.) I remember vividly the first time I heard the term “AIDS.” It ...

With Thanksgiving only a day away, I’m anticipating that moment during dinner—or perhaps during halftime—when we pause to share what ...

The November holidays embodies values important both in Judaism and American culture.

This piece was jointly authored by Malkie Schwartz and Rabbi Jeremy Simons, reflecting on last night’s grand jury ruling in ...