Barbara Kroll
How the story of a hospital’s rise and fall traced the arc of my family history.
To Everything There Is a Season
Author: Guest Blogger
Purim’s Dark Side
Daphne Lazar Price and Lori Cohen
If we honor Esther truly, we must confront a world where women and children continue to be trafficked—unequally protected and too often unseen.
A Book for This Season: Liana Finck’s “Passing for Human”
Ashley P. Taylor
Teshuvah is an opportunity to think about who we’ve become, however we got there, and whether that’s the person we want to be.
The Dangers of Safe Sex
Mimi Schwartz
Now that you’ve met your Sixties Self and like her; you want to see what else she can do.
I Am a “Jew in the Middle.” What Does this Mean?
Jessica Keener
Since Oct. 7, I have been struggling, like so many Jews, to articulate my response to the Israel/Gaza/Palestinian conflict and how to talk about it.
A Chronically Ill Holiday Ritual
Gila Axelrod
Adapting traditions to make them fit our abilities and circumstances feels like the most Jewish thing I can think of…
Wanting as an Act: Female Desire in “Nosferatu” and “Babygirl”
Valerie Estrina
Who are women, when no one’s watching? In an empty, candlelit room with no one there to reprimand us for wanting?
Art: Seeking Joy in a Broken World
Jean Bloch Rosensaft
This exhibition in the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York reminds us of the importance of seeking joy, even — and especially — now.