My personal journey through religious gender separation.
Call a fellow Jew a jerk and you'll hear: "There're jerks all over, man!" Well, what about when Jews (and groups of Jews) are worse than jerks? Much worse?
If you want to be surrounded by light and holiness and positive talk, listen to the closest and most dedicated physical thing you own; your body .
Mistakes, microwaves, disconcerting women, electronics that might be conscious: intriguing wisdom from unexpected sources.
No angel of G0d came, no replacement animal happened by the scene. Abraham slashed down at the neck of his blessed son, spilling his blood on the holy mountain.
Open your arms wide and greet every struggle that has ever touched you.
Shabbat is a time of peace, but for an anxiety-sufferer, the quiet can be a struggle in itself.
I’m seeing bald eagles tendering their letters of resignation, unwilling to be guilty by association.
Not a rebuttal of Elad's essay, but a very different perspective from a fellow nonconformist.
I’m lonely for a real leader. I’m surrounded by charismatic pulpit Rabbis, authors, lecturers, Halachic geniuses and community activists-- yet something is missing. I don’t feel like there’s anyone out there fighting for me.