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Ariel RobinsonMar 223 min read

#IStandWithVashti

At Purim, we celebrate Queen Esther’s heroics. But this yearI realized she’s not the…

Rabbi MendyFeb 43 min read

Stop saying NO to drugs!

Lets talk about Mark, he’s your average Jewish teenager and he is STRESSED OUT!

For heavens sake he has to impress his parents at home,

his teachers at school, keep up with the latest buzz on Facebook, constantly refresh his Instagram…

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Mordechai LightstoneSep 12, 20153 min read

Of Rosh Hashanah and Emoji

This summer I spent two days using only Emoji for my personal…

Lauren T. MackNov 17, 20153 min read

Giving Up: An American Story

A story:

My grandmother, Ruth, grew up in a middle class Viennese home. My great-grandfather was a jeweler. They celebrated Christmas secularly, intermarried, and rarely attended synagogue. They considered themselves Austrians. You get where this is…

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Heineini URJMar 173 min read

An Open Letter to Reform Jewish Leaders on Donald Trump, AIPAC and Rabbi Hillel

March 20, 2016

10 Adar II 5776

To Our Rabbis:

The Huffington PostDec 9, 20158 min read

The Real History Of Hanukkah Is More Complicated Than You Thought

By Daniel Marans and Nick Baumann

Americans who know anything about the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may have heard that it celebrates the victory of good over evil — the triumph of light over…

Ph0ebe R0ySep 30, 20157 min read

Stumbling Blocks

Let me tell you a story. My great grandparents were a pair of scholars who lived in Berlin at the start of the twentieth century. They converted to Catholicism from Judaism as adults, and in 1920 had a daughter, who they named Veronika Annunziata Jezowa. They died in a camp in Riga before her 18th…