Israel

The Global History of Ma Nishtana

Each year, Jewish children around the world learn the Four Questions. After all the image of the small child chanting ...

Many Homelands, One Identity for Norwegian American Jewish Teen

The day was bleak and windy. At best, I figured, there would be maybe six hours of daylight. The clouds ...

Show Me Your Face

I am what you might call an alternative peace activist. The return to the biblical heartland of Israel — Judea and ...

After Creating Change: Standing in Solidarity

This past weekend, the National LGBTQ Task Force convened its annual Creating Change Conference. Founded in 1998, the Task Force’s ...

The Dividing Wall of Netanyahu’s Legacy

In the 1970s and 1980s, if someone referenced “The Wall” they were likely referring to the Berlin Wall (or the ...

Turned Away From The Mikvah

I had been selected for a 10-day workshop at Yad Vashem for Jewish educators and planned to arrive early and ...

A Southern Reunion… In Israel!

Hi there! Remember me? Just last year, I was traveling all over the South serving wonderful communities as an ISJL ...

For My Camper, Ezra Schwartz

As I approached the Temple Sinai of Sharon, Massachusetts the words of King David’s Psalms could be heard from the ...

Jamming in Jerusalem with My Landlady’s Husband

My name is Sandra Lawson, and I am rabbinical student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. I’m spending this semester in ...

Fear Goes Both Ways

I hesitated before asking my wife if she wanted to go out to dinner. We would not have to drive ...