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Why Representation Matters
It is common among teens to enjoy having representation in the media. Today it is even considered important. LGBTQ+ teens ...
Celebrate, Disability, Keshet, Rosh Hashanah
Ringing in the New Year as a Community
My niece just started Hebrew School. As someone who didn’t have a formal Jewish education as a kid, I’m pretty ...
Hosting A Guest Minus the Food
I’ve been thinking a lot about food politics lately, not so much in relation to legislation, but related to how ...
Breslov Missionaries
In the religious enclave of Boro Park, Brooklyn, Breslovers are known as the J–‘s Witnesses of Hasidic Judaism. Boys in ...
Celebrate, More Holidays, Tu Bishvat
Zionism and Tu Bishvat
As Jews reclaimed the land long celebrated by Tu Bishvat and revived Jewish life on it, the holiday was again transformed.
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
West Bank Update
A “large number of lower-level Hamas activists have recently been released from Israeli jails after serving sentences of about five ...
Hebrew’s Theological Significance
According to Jewish tradition, Hebrew is the original language of humanity and the language spoken by God.
Where the Word ‘Antisemitism’ Comes From
Hatred of Jews has been around for centuries, but only in the 1800s did it begin to be referred to as 'anti-Semitism.'
Jews and Drugs
What does Jewish tradition have to say about the use of recreational drugs?