From Rabbis to community leaders to philanthropists, it seems we are enamored with outreach and the unaffiliated Jew. Yet, I ask myself: What about those that are already on the 'inside,' practicing Judaism? Are they getting the same care and opportunity? And whose responsibility are they?
Alan Jay Sufrin started writing new songs, possibly a side project, possibly the next step in his career -- and then he stopped making music entirely.
We are all leaders, ready to shine our light through the thick darkness. So to my fellow revolutionaries I say: this is not just about abuse, sex, or power- there’s more.
Seventy years ago this week, the Auschwitz death camp was liberated. For me, it’s this thing that keeps popping up in my news feed that I glance at and move on.
I had just arrived from Israel. I was scared to wear a kippah. My rabbi disagreed. But it was renting a car that changed everything for me.
I'm not too interested in the question of whether or not you can separate Jews from Judaism. I see the issue as much more basic: The clothes -- the black and white, the kippot, the hats, the wigs, the skirts, the stockings -- they are clothes, people.
In 2010, two extremely different Jewish-content films competed for Best Picture at the Academy Awards: Inglourious Basterds and A Serious Man.
How could they predict you’d claim your scars as splendor?
The story of why, and how, Yocheved founded a school called Lamplighters-- and what keeps it going strong.
