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A Prayer for the 3 Kidnapped Israeli Teens
Today, among the many other things you do in your busy life, pray for the safe return of three kidnapped ...
6 Things I Learned Writing About Weddings For The New York Times
My first novel, The Wedding Beat , was loosely based on my experience as a single Jewish guy writing the ...
A Jew in a Plexiglas Box
A Jew on display in a Plexiglas box, in Germany of all places, stands as a flagrant provocation. But there ...
Tips for the Nervous Camper
Last summer, I packed everything that was on the packing lists, plus extras. You want 12 pairs of socks? Here ...
Living a Legacy Down South
This month I made a big move. After a year spent in Jerusalem, I moved to Jackson, Mississippi to serve ...
Pack Your Bags & Hit the Road for Pride
It’s June, which for many means it’s vacation time. Things slow down at work, the kids aren’t at school, and ...
Tikkun Olam on Juneteenth
Despite the fact that it’s a celebration, I have bittersweet feelings about Juneteenth.Its origins are traced to Union troops arriving ...
“But What Do Your Parents Think?” (Part II)
Happy (Almost) Father’s Day!Here is our second installment of “But What Do Your Parents Think?” This time, we’re sharing the ...
What My Son Has Taught Me About Being a Feminist Dad
Something you hear a lot from feminist men is that it all started with the birth of a daughter. So ...
A Story of Fatherhood
Growing up Colin Weil never doubted that he’d have the family he wanted—a husband and kids.When I called Colin last ...
3 Cognitive Science Books That Teach Jewish Ideas
Why is it often so hard to do the right thing? Why doesn’t everyone share our same beliefs? And why ...
From Secular Jew to Talmud Scholar Part I: How I Came to Study Talmud
Readers often ask: How did a girl raised in a secular socialist family in Los Angeles come to be a ...
What’s a Nazi?
“What’s a Nazis?” It was a question I had never heard before or even considered possible but there the man ...
“But What Do Your Parents Think?” (Part I)
Around Mother’s Day last month, we started wondering what the Jewish mothers (and fathers!) thought about their sons and daughter ...
Guns Are Out of Control
I recently spent some time at a gun range in a class that provided an introduction to guns. During my ...