Partner Blogs
What is a Community?
A few days ago, I ran across an article asking a rabbi what a person could do instead of going ...
Vienna: A Stroll Through a Haunted City
I was in Vienna earlier this month to talk about my book and to show the documentary film I made at the U.S. Embassy’s ...
Great Books for—and about—Jewish LGBTQ Teens
According to education theorist Rudine Simms Bishop, fiction should serve as both a mirror and a window. That is, books ...
Rock and Roll, Religion, and Leonard Cohen
With very few exceptions, the story of American popular music in the last five decades is largely a story of ...
My Favorite Camp Clothes
Here in New York, the temperature is eking up into the 70s, and after continuous blizzards this winter, I couldn’t ...
Torah for One. Torah for All.
Two years ago a number of parents in my community approached me for assistance. Their daughters would all become b’not ...
Bringing to Light Quiet Heroism
I feel extremely fortunate to have been able to tell this very dramatic, and heretofore almost completely unknown, Holocaust rescue ...
Next Chapters (We’ll Miss This Southern Jewish Chapter!)
I am a lover of stories and often find myself drifting into worlds outside my reality. My young mind fought ...
The Gift of Generations: A Mother’s Song
Mom. Mommy. Ima. Madre. Mother. No matter how many ways I say it, the concept still catches me by surprise ...
Our Girls, the 1 in 5 and the 250
How the United States responds to the kidnapped Nigerian girls and the epidemic of rape on the college campus will ...
Saved by Leonard Cohen
Some people find Christ in their darkest hour. Others turn to Allah. But if you’re a Jew, young, and in ...
Parashat Bamidbar: So Many Ways Not to be Counted
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Are You Bossy, Pushy, or Executive Leadership Material? Take This Quiz to Find Out!
1. Do you have strong ideas and opinions?a. Yes b. No2. Do you share these ideas with others? a. Yes ...
10 Ways You Can Promote Gender Equality in Your Local School
Gender messages are all around us. From images in schoolbooks to images on bus ads, from conversations on the train ...
Being Jewish in Jonesboro, Arkansas
Today’s guest post comes from our friend Andrea Levy, a fairly recent transplant to Jonesboro, Arkansas. Thanks for sharing your ...