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A Dog at the Seder
As a child, the great Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas noticed that dogs appear in Torah at a crucial moment. On ...
Revealing Passover
We come together for Passover to celebrate our ongoing liberation from slavery. During the seder we will speak at length ...
Pesah— Hag HaHinukh: The Holiday of Education
Jewish tradition has four names for the Passover Holiday—Hag HaAviv (the Spring Festival), Hag HaMatsot (the Holiday of Unleavened Bread), ...
The Things I Miss About Israel
I made aliyah in 1999 at the age of 25 and lived in Jerusalem for a year, and then for two years ...
Make Passover Cooking a Family Affair
Following the release of my newest cookbook, Let My Children Cook! A Passover Cookbook for Kids , people often ask ...
Shab-bark Shalom, Y’all!
For over 20 years at my home synagogue, Temple Sinai of New Orleans, Rabbi Edward Cohn has presided over a ...
Chaos Theory
When you’re the parent of a child with autism, you’re always bracing yourself for the endless string of theories headed ...
Day of Silence: Why You Won’t be Hearing From Keshet Today
One day each year, students across the country pledge to take some form of silence in order to call attention to the silencing effect of ...
Passover Doesn’t End With the Exodus
This Monday night Jews around the world will sit down at their tables and embark on recreating the narrative of ...
Breaking Free From Hiding My Same-Sex Marriage
As Passover approaches, our friends at Kveller asked their readers and writers: “What do you need an exodus from?” Check out these ...
A Glimpse into the English Charedi School System
The school was on a residential street in North West London. From the outside it was unremarkable, but the atmosphere ...
The Widening Scope of Gender Expression and Traditional Judaism
Orthodox feminism’s struggle for women’s leadership and ritual inclusion set a strong precedent for the recent consideration of the issues ...
Arami Oved Avi: A Family Coming Out Journey
Download Arami Oved Avi: A Family Coming Out Journey* from the Keshet website. Find Keshet’s Four Questions, Four Allies haggadah insert here. ...
Meaningful Conversations about Difference at Passover
Passover is a time for people to gather around tables, share stories, food, and rituals. It can be joyous and ...
Asking the Wrong Questions
Earlier this week, my excellent colleague, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz asked the important question of whether, “there can be a new ...