Meeting the Descendents of Righteous Disobedience
To be recognized as a Ger Tzaddik, Righteous Among the Nations is a rare honor given by Israel to those who saved Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Chiune Sugihara was […]
We All Lose in the Oppression Olympics
A Progressive Queer Jew’s Thoughts on Israel/Palestine, Antisemitism, and Zionism Over the last six months, friends and peers have asked unique questions because of my identity and position as a […]
How I Became Holocaust Girl: A Story for Yom HaShoah
I got the nickname, Holocaust Girl, back in college. Little did they—the poetry department mean girls—know, instead of feeling insulted and ridiculed, as they had hoped, I loved the designation. […]
Adam Mansbach Made a Monster that Makes Us Laugh
What do you do with a ton of pottery clay when you’re stoned? What do you do when your creation comes to life? Can you teach him right from wrong? […]
Pesach Playlist 5784
Listen to the Pesach Spotify playlist from the Jewish Foundations Mike Boberg As I was growing up, I recall annually watching The Ten Commandments on the Saturday before Easter Sunday (it still […]
How To Find Graditude In Cloudy Disappointment?
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Readers, In place of a question from one of you, I hope […]
Navigating Tricky Israel Interactions At Synagogue
Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I just learned that someone who works at my […]
Unpopular Opinion: I am Proud to Send My Daughter on Her Tour of Israel
My best friend, her parents, my parents, and some woman I talked to at a party last week are all against me sending my 16-year-old daughter on her teen tour […]
Hopkins Leads Great Cast In Powerful ‘One Life’
Nicholas Winton is an ordinary person. That’s how he describes himself and the efforts he and his colleagues are undertaking. It’s 1938, a month after Kristallnacht, and less than a […]
From Strangers to Family: The Power of Hosting in the Jewish Community
Gayle Schindler, a professional chef, and her husband, Joel, have a long history of opening their home for holidays. When the opportunity arose to host a guest for Rosh Hashanah, […]