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Camp as a Place for Change
I still have not gotten situated to the long Shabbats of the summer. For sixteen summers, I was immersed in ...
How Did the Jews Become a Global People?
“How did the Jews become a global people?”“They got pushed around a bunch.”“They had to go to different places.”Indeed. Looking ...
Maternal I Am: Unpacking a Word Synonymous with Mommyhood
I can’t help but think about the words maternal and motherhood; and their ‘opposites,’ paternal and fatherhood. As a new ...
Bring Back Our Children (And Send Back Those Children?)
I’ve been pushing off writing this post all week. I’ve been hoping that the boys would return home, that the girls would return home, ...
10 Ways You Can Promote Gender Equality in Your Local School
Gender messages are all around us. From images in schoolbooks to images on bus ads, from conversations on the train ...
Make Passover Cooking a Family Affair
Following the release of my newest cookbook, Let My Children Cook! A Passover Cookbook for Kids , people often ask ...
Children’s Passover Books
Passover is a time for storytelling. One of the main purposes of the holiday is to allow one generation to ...
When My Daughter Came Out of the Closet, I Came Out Too
The Keshet Parent & Family Connection is a community of parents and family members of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) Jews who ...
Diversity and Pride at My Jewish Summer Camp
Judaism has been a part of my life since I was born. My mother snuck Shabbat candles into the hospital ...
Becoming a Jewish Ethiopian American Family
It is an incredible responsibility to raise a child. In choosing foreign adoption, we have become parents to a beautiful ...