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.
A Book for This Season: Liana Finck’s “Passing for Human”
Author: Guest Blogger
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.
Poem: Calling Congress
Rachel Lee
Hello, my name is Shame and I am your constituent. My voice is hoarse on your answering machine. Do you really decide who will live and who will die by tally?
Poem: L’dor v’dor
Jehanne Dubrow
We are strangers here together/ where we place these stories in the open/ mouths of paper bags.
Poem: Do Not Allow a Witch to Live
Karen Dresser
Torah shouts: all women who practice witchcraft must be put to death! Talmud reports: rabbinic sages believed their wives all practiced witchcraft.