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“Yes,” I told the baffled American immigration official, “I was in Belarus for a roots trip.” But this in no ...

“If this is supposed to be such a great experience for her, why do I have such a pit in ...

While on the surface, the last two posts on this blog from my colleagues, Laura Duhan Kaplan and Joshua Ratner, are about ...

A new issue of the JOFA Journal will soon be in our subscribers’ mailboxes; its theme is Orthodox women in ...

Recently, a journalist who was interviewing me asked me to describe what it felt like to be a Jewish New ...

As summer approaches and we gear up for another terrific session of Camp Be’chol Lashon, I keep thinking about all ...

“Who are you and what have you done with my child?”You might be surprised how many parents of teens feel ...

I was biking recently in the foothills of the San Jacinto mountains in southern California, and I found myself far ...

Alexandra Kohl attended the Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ and Ally Teen Shabbaton this April. In the spirit of Pride month, she is sharing a bit ...

On Sunday I helped organize a rally at our JCC in support of the three teenagers, Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach, ...

I never intended to write novels.I also never intended to write for The New York Times. When I was 17, I ...

Pride and community go hand in hand. For a good part of my life, I didn’t have much of either.I ...

The prayer book Siddur Eit Ratzon includes a contemporary prayer for Israel. “We affirm that it is possible for Jews ...

You may not picture central Mississippi as central to Jewish life. But every summer, one of the most dynamic Jewish ...

Earlier this month we heard from Jordan Dashow about how having  pride in his queer identity  meant having pride in his ...