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Praying for Dad
For many, Father’s Day is a time to honor our fathers, and this year, it has particular significance to my ...
Why We March
This year will mark the 9th year that I have been marching in the Cadillac Barbie Indy Pride Parade in ...
Life After Love: Cher & Jewish Mourning Rituals
In October 2013, when I bought my tickets to see Cher’s Dressed to Kill tour, which would be playing down ...
The Gift of Generations: A Mother’s Song
Mom. Mommy. Ima. Madre. Mother. No matter how many ways I say it, the concept still catches me by surprise ...
Parashat Bamidbar: So Many Ways Not to be Counted
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
By The Power Vested in Me By The Commonwealth of Massachusetts! : 10 Years of Marriage Equality in MA
As we celebrate the ten year anniversary of legal same-sex marriage in Massachusetts, we’ve invited members of the community to ...
Samurai Yenta
It’s hard to kvetch about being a Japanese Jew when you’re being spoiled by ladles of chicken schmaltz spoon-fed to ...
And We March On: 10 Years of Marriage Equality in MA
As we celebrate the ten year anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts, we’ve invited members of the community to share ...
On Mother’s Day
Yet another holiday about which I am ambivalent, Mother’s Day seems this year to have engendered rather more commentary than ...
Jewish Mother; Universal Mother
I am remembering a Jewish Universal mother. This woman was small in stature yet grand in her effect. A mother ...