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It Tried To Kill Me, We Won, Let’s Eat: My Very Jewish Approach to Diabetes

“They tried to kill us; we won; let’s eat.”This is, according to my father, the theme of every major Jewish ...

Shabbat of Shabbats: Yom Kippur and Camp

A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of reading a very touching piece by Dr. Oliver Sacks z”l ...

Crossing Borders and Connecting Jews

Talking about your country seems like such a simple task: culture, food, costumes and art. But when you come from such ...

From Monsey to Istanbul

Whenever I visit somewhere new, whether in my country of origin or somewhere foreign, I typically stand on the periphery ...

Sleepaway Camp and Mixed Emotions

A few days ago Jennifer Weiner wrote about her daughter’s communications from camp. Yesterday my husband and I dropped off ...

How Jewish Camping Got Me To Move To Mississippi

My family and friends back home were baffled when I announced that, upon graduating from college, I would be moving ...

Young Jews: Every Voice Matters

“For they (the teachings) are our life source, and what lengthen our days, and so we meditate on them day ...

My Jewish Camp Group’s 27-Year-Reunion (Or, “How My Husband Finally ‘Got’ My Jewish Camp Obsession”)

Growing up in Texas, I started attending Greene Family Camp in 1980. I was one of those camp kids: Greene ...

Jewish Pirates and Other Treasures

It’s the end of the summer, and my children are educating me about Jewish pirates.“They lived in the Caribbean in ...

15 Ways You Know You Went to Jewish Summer Camp

Get some wacky Jewish fun in your inbox! Sign up for the daily Jewniverse email. 1. Havdalah makes you emotional. Something about a campfire, ...