Partner Blogs
Togetherness Squared
For the last four summers, whenever my wife, Cynthia, and I have put our son, Jonah, on the bus to ...
Why I’m Proud, but Wary
In June of 2001, when I was 16 years old, I went to my very first New York City Pride ...
The Champagne Spy
For five long years Wolfgang Lotz, a horse breeder and bon vivant, lived the high life of an affluent former ...
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 ...