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Mrs. Maisel’s Oklahoma Roots: Plausible, or Preposterous?
A Southern Jewish Historian weighs in on the recent Marvelous plotline
The Soul of the Golem is Truth
Last week, CNN ran a controversial banner: “Alt-Right Founder Questions if Jews are People.”On the one hand: Move on folks; ...
Love or Hate? The Mainstream Media and the Jews
When I was in high school, I boarded a bus every Saturday morning to take extracurricular classes on topics like ...
Where Have All the Women Gone?
I subscribe to a variety of listservs, Facebook groups, and news outlets across a wide range of the religious spectrum, ...
Dying to Talk
On a single day last week, we were stunned by news of the Charlie Helbo attack in Paris and a bomb ...
Zoom In, Zoom Out: What Lens Are You Looking at Ferguson Through?
When I was a college student, I remember an image from a class that has stuck with me. It was ...
Why I Loved Those Jewish Mice
The stereotype that “Jews run Hollywood” didn’t come up much when I was a little kid; I doubt it comes up for most kids. ...
Talking with Naomi Zeveloff, editor of the Forward’s transgender and Jewish series
Yesterday we introduced you to the great new series on transgender Jewish identity published by the Forward. It’s the first comprehensive ...
Jewish and Transgender: The Forward Series
Last week, Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Private first class Bradley Manning, made headlines. Her announcement that she would be living ...