Partner Blogs
When My Daughter Came Out of the Closet, I Came Out Too
The Keshet Parent & Family Connection is a community of parents and family members of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) Jews who ...
A Miraculous Baseball Team
“Spring training” has just opened up. America’s favorite past-time signals warm weather, longer days, family outings, the good times. T-ball, ...
Number the Days
When we are small, we wait for everything. Every day takes forever until you get to the time when you ...
23 Years of Mitzvah Corps
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. The gates of camp will open in ...
Leyning In
Two summers ago I was having a relaxed conversation with Judy Heicklen, the president of JOFA. She mentioned to me ...
The Purim Superhero & PJ Library: A Question of Inclusion
A year ago The Purim Superhero by Elisabeth Kushner, a story of a young boy named Nate struggling with his ...
Pushing Jewish Day Schools to Be More Inclusive of Special Needs
The recent Kveller post by Benay Josselson on her son’s positive and enriching experience at Rockland Jewish Academy made me ...
Star Wars Shabbaton: The Force Was With Us
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a student who wanted to have a Star ...
The Ellipsis
No thunder, bolts of lightning, heavenly voices, not even a friendly angel. Nonetheless, a transforming life experience, frozen in time ...
Born Superstars
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. Each year the most talented dancers and ...
The Childhood Friendship That Set My Life’s Course
This post is part of our series dedicated to Jewish Disability Awareness Month. Everyone has a passion and a calling. ...
The Power of Allies
On The Torch, Miryam Kabakov and Rabbi Steve Greenberg share why for both women and LGBT people, allies can make a real impact. ...
A Jewban Family Tradition: Ropa Vieja
I am often asked whether I feel more Cuban-American than Jewish, or vice versa, and it has always struck me ...
Arizona’s Need for Freedom from Religion
Is religious freedom of greater importance than the constitutional right of equality? Arizona’s state law SB 1062, which has passed ...
Jew Need to Know: Phys Ed
It’s no small secret that the Chosen tribe has had an enormous impact on the intellectual arena. Not to mention ...