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Kosher Soup for Ramadan & Other Tales of My Mother’s Moroccan Childhood

The Bergen Record was coming to my house to do an interview for my new novel. You’d think after having ...

Why I Let My Jewish Kids Trick-or-Treat

Below, Michele Schipper explains why she lets her kids trick-or-treat. To hear from another Jewish mom with a different perspective, ...

Torah for Siblings

In just a couple weeks, with the help of God and the hospital staff, my family is going to undergo ...

A Letter to Students: The Lesson of Elijah

Dearest Students,Early on in the academic year (and the Jewish New Year!), I thought it would be a poignant time ...

My Southern Jewish Grandma

Today’s tale of Southern Jewish family, history, and a meaningful road trip comes to us from our summer history intern, ...

But what have you done for me lately?

A  couple of weeks ago, Michal Kohane caused a few ripples in the blogosphere by getting fired over the column  ...

Why Kids Love Scary Stories

My parents are getting ready to move, to abandon the house I’ve lived in since I was born, and we ...

Fitting in

I recently read an essay  published earlier this year on xoJane that a woman wrote as a paean to her ...

Summer Camp is a Southern Jewish Tradition

This past Thursday, my wife and I got up early, packed our car with trunks, suitcases, plastic drawers, and sleeping ...

Transmission of Torah: For Jews Only?

According to the National Jewish Population Survey, there are approximately 1.5 million non-Jews helping to raise Jewish families in the ...