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Parashat Vaetchanan: A Less Innocent Love
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
The Passion/Compassion of the Jews
Every year on the 9th of Av it’s the same arguments in my head. Should I fast or not? On ...
“Why Would You Move From California to Mississippi?”
I’ve been settling in to my new home in Jackson, Mississippi, for just over a month now, and it seems ...
Homesick
After two 15 year old boys performed a passionate, if not pitch perfect, duet of The Who’s “Pinball Wizard,” after ...
Top 5 American Jewish Women Most People Have Never Heard Of
One of the biggest pleasures in writing American Jewish women’s history is discovering the immensely talented, hardworking, committed women whose ...
Where does God fit in?
We have to bring more Jews into Jewish Life. We have to keep the Jewish community strong. We have to ...
Queer Jewish Dating
What does it mean to be Jewish and queer? What about dating queer and Jewish? Does it make a difference? ...
Zimmerman Verdict: Reflections on Justice and Dialogue
George Zimmerman has been found “not guilty” in the murder of Trayvon Martin. The trial was high-profile and symbolic, and ...
West and Schwartz, Dreaming at the Movies
When it comes to 20th-century Jewish authors, it’s Bellow, Roth, and Salinger who generally grab headlines. But their immediate predecessors—Delmore Schwartz and Nathanael ...
Sounding the Shofar in Hinds County, Mississippi
One of the greatest things about the “Southern Jewish Experience” is getting not only to have Southern Jewish experiences, but ...
Summer Lovin’ – Mollie & Jon
MOLLIE & JON BECKER When/how/where at camp did you meet? We knew each other since we were Oles, the youngest ...
Can We Really Unplug?
There was recently an article about how camps can help kids unplug from their everyday lives. We read it (online, ...
A Word on Who I Am
A few months ago I finished Pete Townshend’s autobiography, Who I Am . I can’t say I was surprised to ...
Finding Joy
I was moved by a story I heard on NPR last week. Krista Tippet, host of NPR’s show “On Being,” ...
What I Wish I Had Known at 13
When the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would decide on the legality of California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense ...