Maya Bernstein
The winter Olympics are approaching. Hooray! Something to watch on TV besides reality shows. I’m a product of the TV of the 80s. Fraggle Rock, Growing Pains, and MacGyver. Now,… Read more »
If I Only Had a Luge
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Nancy Goodman
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Soon after my move to Pocatello, Idaho from Chicago, Illinois, a “fallen Mormon” boyfriend who knew more about Judaism than I did inspired me to visit the nearest Barnes and… Read more »
Responding to Haiti
Amy Stone
Yes, everyone seems to be jumping on the disaster bandwagon. You’d have to be living in a cave to escape the media debate over Israel’s rapid response setting up and… Read more »
Fertile Chaos
Maya Bernstein
When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I became prey to the endless array of children’s gear, clothing, and toys marketed to parents as if they would be negligent… Read more »
Digital Judaica
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While there aren’t many Jews living in the hilly, sagebrush and juniper desert of Southeastern Idaho, something happened a few years ago that changed the way I was Jewish forever,… Read more »
Giving to Haiti: Some Suggestions
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Click through the links below to donate to Haitian relief efforts: American Jewish Committee in partnership with IsrAID American Jewish World Service B’nai B’rith International American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee… Read more »
Accidental Maverick
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A few people who read my last post, “Jews as Gentiles?”, referred to the content as “edgy.” And here I was, hoping I was being nice enough. So maybe I’m… Read more »
Etz Chayim: Stepping off the Party Line
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This week I have been thinking about what we choose to reveal and conceal about ourselves when we do political work. We’ve all heard the endless debates about “political correctness.”… Read more »
Jews as gentiles?
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Pocatello, Idaho is not my first experience being a distinct religious minority in a small town. The first time I became known as everyone’s only Jewish friend was in DeKalb,… Read more »
Up in the Air (With Children)
Maya Bernstein
I used to love to fly. I would request a window seat and forget that I was in a tiny claustrophobic cabin and lose myself to the clouds, to the… Read more »