Liz Lawler
So, here is a pop quiz: are Jews allowed to donate organs? Yes. I ask, because it turns out that many people are wrong on this count. Enough Jews are… Read more »
Chop Me Up For Spare Parts
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Coda
Maya Bernstein
Our family had returned from Israel. We had, eventually, embraced the mid-trip loss of our camera. We drew sketches of the special places we had been. We laughed and then… Read more »
Caroline Leavitt on "Pictures of You"
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Caroline Leavitt’s new novel—her ninth—starts off with a bang. Literally. Isabelle Stein is fleeing her Cape Cod home and husband after learning that not only has been cheating on her… Read more »
Ba'al Tshuva
Merissa Nathan Gerson
A ba’al tshuva friend suggested I read William Zinsser’s On Writing Well to help clean up my prose. I read it like bible roulette. Make a wish, close your eyes,… Read more »
Jennifer Gilmore on "Something Red"
Yona Zeldis McDonough
It’s the summer of 1979 and Sharon Goldstein, a professional caterer, is in her Washington, DC kitchen making dinner for her extended family. Her eldest child—Ben—is about to leave for… Read more »
I Was In Love With A Medicine Worker
Merissa Nathan Gerson
I was in love with a medicine worker. We sat in the mountains at an outdoor café towards the end of my four-month trip to South Africa. We were sealed… Read more »
Charity Auctions Online: Benefits Beyond Financial Success
Susan Weidman Schneider
Cross-posted with eJewish Philanthropy. You may have noticed that the gala benefit season is in full swing, and extreme donor fatigue has set in for some. In an email last… Read more »
Lilith’s Contemporary Salons for Smart, Savvy Jewish Women
Susan Weidman Schneider
Cross-posted with eJewish Philanthropy. How do women move from diagnosing what’s wrong with the world to taking action to improve it? I had ample opportunity to mull this over when… Read more »
Becoming a Man in my Family
Merissa Nathan Gerson
In a hot tub in California I met my cousin Ruthie for the first time. I had known her my entire life, but never like I did in our bathing… Read more »
The Passover Purge
Liz Lawler
Are you gonna finish that? If you do, are you going to keep it down? The Passover Purge has me thinking about bulimia and Jews. I hear the word “purge”… Read more »