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The Burden of Silence

I was born in Baltimore in 1954, nine years after the Shoah, one of signature events of the 20th—or any—century. That ...

Subway sleeper, Rabbi returns cash: when people do the right thing

You may have caught a couple of stories that have been spreading virally over blogs and Face book the last ...

I Belong Everywhere

This week, as I perused the internet, I stumbled upon a quiz entitled “Where You Belong: Your State Personality.”It involved ...

The Small Moments

Recently, my daughter was asked to write about a small moment for school. Not just any small moment – one ...

Confronting The Incognito Within Each Of Us

Can a 6’5’’, 310 pound man be bullied? Prior to this week, many of us probably thought such a question ...

Join Us Today in Times Square for a 1-Day Only JOFA Billboard!

Update: Click here for pictures of the Times Square billboard! Join us in Times Square today (Wednesday) as JOFA celebrates five ...

The Day School Beginnings of a Marathon Runner

Last weekend I ran the ING New York City Marathon, which was an amazing experience—essentially, a 26.2-mile long party celebrating ...

A Reason to Kvell Today

The Forward 50Keshet’s Executive Director, Idit Klein, has been named to the Forward 50, The Jewish Daily Forward‘s annual list of ...

The Golfing Rabbi, Counting Cars

Golf. A sport usually reserved for the hoighty toighty, and/or generally older crowd. A sport where people ride in little ...

A Typical Jewish Mother… in Uganda

In my early 30s, I had exciting opportunities to visit and work with public health projects in Uganda several times. ...

Hanukkah Gift Guide for Your Favorite Camper

Presenting: Hanukkah gift suggestions, Canteen-style! Although we have a few cold months to get through before we reach our beloved ...

On Coming Together Over Brokenness

 November 9, 2013, marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, “The Night of Broken Glass.” It is the night many point ...

Ignore the Surveys: American Jews are Building Collaborative Communities

There has been a tremendous amount of ink spilled and keys pressed discussing the finer details of the Pew Research ...

“Rabbi, please, let me immerse in the mikveh alone!”

I have two issues with the title of this blog post. For one thing, I should not have to ask ...

Carrying Deborah’s Torch to a New Generation of Feminists

Nearly every book of Tanakh, the bible, is filled with stories about strong, independent women who influenced and led the ...

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