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Snapchat’s Top Rabbi

When the list of the top ten Jews you should follow on social media platform Snapchat came out this week ...

Camp Rabbi, Role Model, Match-Maker

This week rabbinic student Isaama Stoll is heading up to Camp Be’chol Lashon to teach Torah, pray and hang with other ...

Race in America: It’s Personal

I have a black son.I have a black son and I am his white mama.I have a black son who ...

An African American Jew Journeys to Orthodoxy

Life is a journey for each of us. It’s full of twists and turns and sometimes things happen to us ...

Soulfood for Shavuot

Shavuot is one of the rare Jewish holidays that really specifies a dairy meal.READ: Why Do We Eat Cheesecake on Shavuot?Some ...

When Counselors Go To Camp

Where do seasoned camp veterans go to learn more about camp? Why camp, of course! Camp Be’chol Lashon is the ...

Passover, Then and Now

Pesach (Passover) is my favorite holiday. I enjoy reading about the journey from slavery to freedom and the journey of ...

Celebrating Heroes During Black History Month

If you had to pick one figure from Black history who inspires you, who would it be? An unfair question ...

From Facebook Likes to Real-World Love

Their love was evident to everyone who was there on that beautiful day in October when Yechochanan and Aminah Perkins ...

Black, Female and Almost a Rabbi

When I was 6 years old I told my parents I was going to become a rabbi. I was blessed ...