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Learning and Re-Learning How to Leyn

This blog post was written shortly after Purim 2013. If you’re reading megillah this year and need help learning the ...

Wrestling with the Ethics of the Sochi Olympics

The more I read and learn about what has been happening in Russia, the more I am afraid for its ...

From Silence and Lies to Out and Proud

Silence and lies. These are your choices when you’re in the closet. When your friends start talking about crushes, hot ...

My Journey from the Closet to the Pulpit

Hear from more LGBTQ clergy, including Ariel Naveh, on the Keshet blog. Reading Ariel Naveh’s two-part story on the Keshet blog about ...

On Chaim Potok’s “The Chosen”

When I first read Chaim Potok’s  The Chosen  I wasn’t yet trying to be a writer myself, and was blissfully ...

How to Be the Jewish Daughter of a Cancer Patient

Today is World Cancer Day, a day when people worldwide are focused on cancer, to encourage its prevention, detection, and ...

When Did Preemptive War Become a Jewish Value?

How many emails have you gotten recently urging you to “take action” to get new, tougher sanctions imposed on Iran? ...

Signing in Solidarity

This piece was submitted on Friday, January 31, 2014. The event took place on Sunday, January 26.—When a couple gets ...

Parashat Tetzaveh: Finding the Good Side

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

The What-if Moment

There’s no point pretending this blog post is going to be about camp or summer, especially summer. Montreal in February ...

Shalom Y’all, Baby!

There are two words powerfully associated with the Southern Jewish experience: Shalom Y’all. In just two little words, so much ...

Interfaith Social Action Day

I am familiar with the phrase “Sara Beth plans, and God/nature/Murphy’s Law laughs.”  (I’m paraphrasing.)January 28th was one such day.I ...

Everyone Wants to Be Jewish. Why Stop Them?

Judaism is in fashion in the U.S.—and in Canada, too.Non-Jews are happy to join Jewish families. Christian communities want to explore ...

Every Word Counts

I began my first post with a Sarah Silverman joke, so let me start this one with a more traditional example of ...

Singing With Mr. Seeger

Yesterday, I learned that Pete Seeger had died.I didn’t hear about it first on the news. No, I heard about the ...

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