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Being Thankful: Communities & Identities
In my mind, Thanksgiving has a deeper connection with Judaism than with turkey or cranberry sauce.Since eighth grade, I haven’t ...
Is Your Hillel Inclusive?
As students return to college campuses, now is a great time to be thinking about how LGBTQ inclusive your Hillel ...
I Am Not Proud of What Was Done to Me, But I Am Proud of Who I Am
Earlier this month we heard from Jordan Dashow about how having pride in his queer identity meant having pride in his ...
What Does It Mean to Have Pride in One’s Identities?
It is September 5, 2010. I am in my dorm room at Tufts University, having just arrived to campus a ...
Our Girls, the 1 in 5 and the 250
How the United States responds to the kidnapped Nigerian girls and the epidemic of rape on the college campus will ...
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Michal Dicker shares her compelling story of growing into her Orthodox feminist identity. She originally submitted this essay to gain ...
A Noose Around James Meredith’s Neck: Where Do We Go From Here?
Earlier this week, in Oxford, Mississippi, two unidentified perpetrators placed a noose around the neck of the James Meredith statue at ...
From Silence and Lies to Out and Proud
Silence and lies. These are your choices when you’re in the closet. When your friends start talking about crushes, hot ...
If Israel Boycotted the Winter Olympics
If Israel boycotted the Winter Olympic in Sochi, Russia next month would anyone really care? The games would go on ...
Out, Orthodox, and In College
Ami wrote this right before he left for college this fall. He bravely chronicled coming out at his Orthodox high school ...