But What Should I Be? Halloween: A Time of Reflection
Halloween and Purim. Two times a year, one secular, one Jewish, during which we are invited to dress in costumes and play at being someone – or something – else. […]
October 27, 2023
October 25, 2023
Dear Babka: How do I break it to my orthodox parents that I no longer want to keep kosher?
Dear Babka, I grew up in an Orthodox home. I love the memories I have of growing up and keeping Shabbat, the values that were instilled in me, and the […]
October 20, 2023
Should You Take Off Your Jewish Star Necklace?
These are scary days for the Jewish people. Many wonder silently or aloud: Do we take the kippah off our heads? Remove the Jewish star chain from our neck? Take […]
October 18, 2023
The Journey To Getting Out Of Israel
Saturday, the U.S. Embassy contacted us and put us on what might have been one of the last government-chartered planes out of Ben Gurion to Athens. This morning, as coordination […]
October 8, 2023
Saturday In Yafo
Sometimes horrible things can happen on the most beautiful of days. That’s what happened yesterday, when Hamas militants shattered the quiet, sunny sabbath morning with a barrage of rockets and […]
September 22, 2023
A Quantum Leap into 5784
This morning my phone was buzzing with so many messages, it almost fell off the nightstand. “Shana tova!” “Gmar hatima tova!” and even a “Gut yom tov” or two. This […]
August 30, 2023
How the Sims Helped Me Imagine My Jewish Family
I turn to the Sims to process life events, after I finished my conversion and began my Jewish life I turned to the Sims.
August 18, 2023
Elul, My Favorite Month
Elul is the time for us to do our personal self-evaluation. So how should we prepare ourselves before we stand in front of our Heavenly Father, the King of Kings and justify our existence?
August 14, 2023
The Israeli Resistance Protests from the Sidelines: An Expat’s FOMO
Our friends and family members are genuinely scared about the future of the country, but they are not giving up hope.
July 25, 2023
Out, Proud & Jewish in Cincinnati
Society has come a long way since that fateful night, with many Jewish activists like Harvey Milk, Edie Fischer and Barney Frank fighting for equal rights.