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I’ve never been to a JOFA conference before. For four years, all through college,  I heard from friends living in ...

In my last blog post, I recounted the background of Yiddish linguist Dovid Katz, who has been reporting on troubling manifestations of ...

Every night, for years, when I put my son to bed, I enjoy the ritual (which I know will probably ...

In addition to being the Director of Rabbinic Services at the ISJL, I’m a proud member of the Jewish Welfare ...

I am a very, very strong supporter of equal rights and the freedom of men and women to marry whomever ...

I first came across the writings of Dovid Katz while researching what happened to my relatives in Lithuania in the ...

We’re getting really excited about the JOFA conference, less than a week away! The 8th International JOFA Conference, set for ...

In this country, and perhaps at this season of Hanukkah especially, we celebrate our Freedom of Religion.  We also celebrate ...

Last August, when my son, Jonah, returned from sleepaway camp with a sunburn, an array of nasty-looking mosquito bites, and a ...

For many years, social activists and academics have pontificated on the role that anger plays in the pursuit of social ...

Often, when I take a moment to remind myself what I’m grateful for, I think about my grandmothers. My life ...

Yes, everyone in the Jewish world and beyond knows today is Thankgivukkah. But there’s another quirk of the calendar that ...

There’s a lot we’re thankful for at the Institute of Southern Jewish Life. We are thankful for the work we ...

On their surfaces, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving are simple holidays.  We see the themes of light breaking through the darkness, a ...

You have to admit, this is a wonderfully queer holiday. And a once in a lifetime occurrence. (You’ll have to ...