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Becoming Southern & Jewish: Part III

This is the third installment in my three-part series on “becoming Southern and Jewish.”After “coming out” as Jewish in the ...

Becoming Southern & Jewish: Part II

This post is the second in my three-part-series on “Becoming Southern and Jewish.”Over the course of my next two years ...

The Cost of Anger

“Are you an angry feminist?”I was recalling an awkward but critical discussion I had once had, to Andrea Hodos a ...

From Chicago’s North Shore to the Deep South of the Delta: Our Southern Jewish Journey

Today’s post comes from Rabbi Bruce Elder, who brought congregants from his suburban-Chicago congregation down South earlier this year.The North ...

Do you love me, or not?

Towards the beginning of the Tractate Berachot  (27b-28a) in the Talmud, there is a story about Rabban Gamaliel (the second ...

I Wasn’t Asking For Your Opinion.

Over 18 ½ years ago I was chosen to be the first Congregational Intern at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. ...

Towards A More Perfect Union

It’s Monday evening, July 25, and I’m watching the Democratic National Convention. Senator Cory Booker, a dynamic and powerful speaker ...

What Does It Mean To Be A Teacher?

Picture yourself as an Educational Director or Educator search committee. There is a position open, and you have narrowed the ...

Super Mario Bros. and an Inclusive Jewish Community

I love this video. The sounds bring me back to my childhood. Having grown up in the 80s, Super Mario ...

Meet Me at 10th Street

Tonight at 6 p.m. we will gather at the 10th Street entrance to Piedmont Park, in spiritual protest of police brutality and ...