Yona Zeldis McDonough
Fiction Editor Yona Zeldis McDonough talks to novelist Michelle Cameron about her new novel “Beyond the Ghetto Gates”.
Beyond the Ghetto Gates: The Liberation of Jews in Italy
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A Nanny Reflects on the Pandemic and the U.S. Labor System
Arielle Silver-Willner
I work part-time as a nanny, and like many of the jobs that comprise the so-called “gig economy” and the domestic workforce, the Coronavirus pandemic has brought my work to a screeching halt.
Mourning During a Period of Self-Isolation
Rachel Fadem
My online college class was interrupted with three missed calls from my father, two from my mother, and a supplemental set of urgent texts. I knew without calling back that my grandmother had passed.
Sexual Health During the Pandemic: An Expert Speaks
Steph Black
As a fierce advocate for women negatively impacted by disparities in our healthcare system, Dr. Grossman’s insight on the effect that the coronavirus will have on women is invaluable. Below is a transcript of our intersectional conversation on women, COVID-19, and the ways that we can protect our reproductive and sexual health during a pandemic.
Dayenu: Dispatches From the Covid Sick Ward
Martha Anne Toll
We call our doctor, who says to isolate her immediately, “Lock her up, do the deepest clean possible and leave food outside her door as needed.”
An Imaginary Quarter of a Food-Obsessed City
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Debut novelist Carmit Delman talks to Fiction Editor Yona Zeldis McDonough about how food becomes both marker and symbol for the haves and the have nots.
Making Jewish Life in 15th Century Spain Come Alive for Kids
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Newberry award-winning author Gail Carson Levine talks to Fiction Editor Yona Zeldis McDonough about bringing significant episodes in Jewish history to life again.
Warmth from an Afghan Blanket
Alice Sparberg Alexiou
Coronavirus has suddenly changed our lives, so quickly and in ways so profound that we are just beginning to grasp.
You Are Your Name
Elizabeth Kadetsky
Your name is who you are and that no one else can have your name until you die–this precept seems profoundly linked to what it means to be Jewish.
Becoming an Abortion Doula
Steph Black
Why go this extra mile in support of patients? Because I’m not only pro-choice, but I am pro-abortion and pro-access. That means going beyond supporting someone’s right to choose to terminate a pregnancy but fighting to remove the barriers that may prevent them from doing so.