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Would You Trade Faith for Control?
I have a new favorite TV show: “Once Upon a Time.” I’m late to the game — it’s currently in its ...
Approaching “Niddah” with Radical Openness
I am learning the laws of niddah, laws that relate to menstruation and sexuality, with a group of women. It has ...
Tu Bishvat: Tending the Garden of the Self
This year Tu Bishvat begins at sundown on January 24, 2016. May the holiday be a catalyst in bringing your ...
When Life Hands Us A New Lesson Plan
As teachers, we put a great deal of planning into our lessons. We give a lot of thought to what ...
Lift Up the Voices of the Unheard
“Lift up voices and let freedom from oppression ring! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ...
MLK Day: My Second Birthday
Many see Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day off, but for my family, it’s a second birthday. The ...
Queer Jews of Color: We Belong
It is powerful to see yourself reflected in history, in a story, or even in a room. That power is ...
Can I Hear You Now?
“When the reception goes down, the volume goes up.” These were the sage words of one of my honored teachers ...
Eizehu Gibor: Jessica Jones – who is a hero?
(Yes, spoilers. Get over it)In Emily Nussbaum’s superb New Yorker essay about the television series “Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” she asks, ...
Ta-Nehisi Coates and King Solomon, Telling it Like It Is
“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this ...
#TBT: The Orthodox Shul Dedicated in the Mississippi Delta in January 1923
Greenwood, Mississippi is a small town nestled in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Today, it’s known for being home ...
You Gotta Be In It to Win It
As the old lottery tagline goes, you gotta be in it to win it.Tonight’s Powerball drawing is up to $1.5 ...
Between the Holy and the Frustrating
It’s Friday afternoon in a quiet Maryland suburb. Cars pull into driveways and kids get off school buses, ready to ...
Talking to God
A few years ago, I was invited to become part of an interfaith clergy group in Brooklyn. The group had ...
Discovering My Southern Jewish Family… After I Moved Down South
At first blush, I might not seem like a very “Southern” Jewish girl: I grew up in Chicago, after all. ...