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Becoming a Jewish Ethiopian American Family
It is an incredible responsibility to raise a child. In choosing foreign adoption, we have become parents to a beautiful ...
Bringing 5,000 Voices to my Southern Jewish School
“Always thinking, you. Always thinking.”A friend in graduate school mockingly accused one overachieving friend by telling her she was “always ...
2013: A Year of Marriage Equality
2013 is one for the history books. The year has seen unprecedented legal victories for marriage equality. Here’s our breakdown ...
Camp-Style Winter Pantry Basics
As winter sets in, you probably don’t feel like making as many trips to the grocery store and are getting ...
What Does A Southern Jewish Office Do for Christmas?
The ISJL is closed December 25. So, you must be wondering… what does the staff of a Southern Jewish office ...
What Do You Call a Questioning Convert? Rabbi.
“Why did you convert?” I have been asked this question many times before, sometimes out of deep interest and sometimes ...
O’have Liot B’Bayit (Love to be Home)
Have you ever felt immediately welcomed in a new place? Well recently, Gilad came back from a recruiting trip to ...
Faith in the Jewish Future
This week, I am in Israel.On Friday, I visited with a group of 18-year olds participating in Habonim-Dror [Jewish Youth Movement] ...
In The Words of Chuck Selber, Part 3: In Memorial
Today marks 22 years since the passing of Charles Paul “Chuck” Selber.In honor of his yahrzeit, and to conclude our three ...
Mourning Edgar M. Bronfman
It is with great sadness that MyJewishLearning, Inc. notes the passing of our founder Edgar M. Bronfman, Sr. He was ...
Obscene Recommendations
Some of the literary works I deal with in Unclean Lips are relatively well-known—Henry Roth’s Call It Sleep (1935) and Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint (1969), for ...
“Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish…”
Three Jewish women walked into a nail salon….This is not a joke, just what I did with two of my ...
VIDEO: Ruth Calderon: A Familiar Voice, from Israel
Many wonderful things happened at last week’s JOFA Conference. But the highlight for me was Israeli Knesset member Ruth Calderon’s impromptu ...
Pursuing your dreams?
About a year ago, someone recommended a Paulo Coelho book to me—a popular one— The Alchemist . Most people I ...
The Revolution Will be Televised: Why I Celebrate Survivor
There are a lot of adjectives that I can use to describe my identity, some more obvious than others. It ...