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Praying for Dad

For many, Father’s Day is a time to honor our fathers, and this year, it has particular significance to my ...

Not Quite Fifty Years Behind America

Ten years ago on Simchat Torah, three American friends and I walked from synagogue to synagogue in our North West London neighborhood, looking ...

Requiem for a Suburban Shul

How do you close a synagogue? This is the question I have been confronting for the past few months as ...

Talking to Boys

I can’t wait for my daughter to go to camp and learn how to talk to boys.My parents claim I ...

The Talmud Says: Embrace the Selfie

We are the “selfie generation.” Don’t let the epithet unsettle you. According to leading sociologists, we are not the first ...

Our Common Purpose

Our staff have arrived for training and summer is soon underway! All year long I work hard to recruit staff, ...

Why We March

This year will mark the 9th year that I have been marching in the Cadillac Barbie Indy Pride Parade in ...

Historical Connections

This is my first week as the historian for the ISJL. I’ve been so warmly welcomed here—and am already finding connections ...

Non-Standardized Testing

I subjected you to quite a bit of fire and brimstone the other day, so let’s end the week on a ...

Feeding Other Writers, and Myself

A few days ago my novel,  Fields of Exile , was published in the USA, and this month marks exactly ...

Southern & Jewish Hospitality

What began years ago has now become a very common event in our Delta community of Greenwood, Mississippi: we host ...

Packing Up

Yes, yes, I know…there is a woman in Manhattan who will pack your kids’ bags for camp for around a ...

How Will You Mark Pride Month?

Every June people across the world celebrate LGBTQ Pride. Take a look at some of our resources and prepare for ...

Is there a MOFA (Muslim Orthodox Feminist Alliance)?

This past week, I listened to a Public Radio interview with Humaira Awais Shahid, a Muslim woman who is a Pakistani ...

Flying the Friendly Skies

I’m what you would call a reluctant business traveler. While I am the director of the Education Department of the ...

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