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Thanksgiving 2020: New Traditions for a New World
While we're mourning the loss of time spent with friends and family in person, we're making new (southern and Jewish) Thanksgiving memories.
Parashat Vayera: What About Isaac?
There are many things I love about our tradition, the idea of midrash, of study and story, is chief among ...
Southern Challah-spitality
Braided bread brings together the best of southern and Jewish culture
Say Her Name, Say All Their Names
Jewish tradition recognizes the importance of remembering names, and speaking them aloud
The PI Project Continues: Hiking Edition
A continuing series of posts from Paige and Isaac, two young Jewish roommates down South
The Pope, the King, and the Jews
Religion has Begun to Accomplish What Politics Alone Cannot
A Coming Out Day and Simchat Torah Letter to a Younger Me
National Coming Out Day was established on October 11, 1988, as a commemoration of the Second National March on Washington ...
An Attack on Our Dignity
I am deeply troubled that Justices Thomas and Alito took steps to dismantle marriage equality on their first day back ...
A Modern Twist on Ushpizin (Welcoming Guests)
I love the holiday of Sukkot. I have fond memories of building a sukkah with my family and using cornstalks ...
Connecting During COVID
The 3 ½ weeks leading up to Rosh Hashanah are lost in a haze of last-minute purchases: a new modem, ...
Yom Kippur and Rebuilding
If this were a normal year, I would be preparing for one of the most powerful moments of prayer in ...