Elech Expands LGBTQ+ Jewish Life In Cincinnati
In November 2021, Zak and Elliot Draznin felt spiritually empty. The queer Jewish couple had graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 2020 into the mostly-virtual Jewish life of the […]
Skirball Exhibit Shows Pride, Loss, In Jewish Cincinnati
In 2018, the Cincinnati Skirball Museum hosted “Jewish Cincinnati: A Photographic History,” showcasing 18 photos of historic Cincinnati synagogues merged with old documents and images of their locations in the city […]
‘The Help Is…In Our Backyards In Cincinnati’ – Ballaban Speaks On New JCRC Role
Rabbi Ari Ballaban seems to be a perpetual optimist: Where others might simply see antisemitism, the new director of the Cincinnati Jewish Community Relations Council sees an opportunity to make the […]
Sukkah Vandals Confess As Miami Hillel Looks To Future
On Oct. 19, Whitney Fisch, executive director of Hillel at Miami University, was attending a funeral in Columbus when she received an unexpected question from her staff: Did anyone take […]
Experiencing The Women Of The Wall
JERUSALEM – “Are your tefillin plastic?” they said, gathering around in a horde of black and white to poke, and prod, and laugh. “Do you wear tefillin on Shabbat? Of […]
After Hostage Crisis, Texas Rabbi Speaks; Congregation Prays For Healing
Just 48 hours after surviving a hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker has been speaking out about his ordeal. He spoke to CBS in an interview posted […]
Looking For Love In Jerusalem
Jerusalem is to some American Jews what New York is to some aspiring actors: a good place to wash up for a while and dream of better things. And when […]
What Kind Of Jews Are In Gen Z?
When it comes to the disruption of modern American Jewish life, no group is more scrutinized than Millennials, the generation roughly between the ages of 18-35. In their lifetimes, the […]
Grumpy, Dopey, Sneezy, Sleepy: A Hannukah Guide To Marketing Stuff For Jews
What do Snow White’s dwarfs have to do with Hannukah? About as much as garden gnomes have to do with the technically insignificant but widely celebrated Festival of Lights. Which […]
Truth In Jerusalem Is More Negotiable Than Reality
JERUSALEM — My reality is that I wake up every day in a building that once belonged to Arab Palestinians (or whatever term readers would like to use for the […]