What does it mean to “confront” the Occupation with a “selfie”? Is it helpful? How different is it to the way most American Jews experience Israel? I ask these questions in response to two of the reviews of Kingdom of Olives and Ash, the new volume of essays by 26 leading writers who were brought […]
The launch of a dialogue series by altMuslimah and Jewschool about Jewish-Muslim solidarity in age of rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
This Executive Order—this Muslim Ban—is an egregious manifestation of Mitzrayim … and even if it is stayed or amended, it is clear we are going to need to remain awake and resilient…. Egypt is upon us, friends, and we’re going to need to be BRAVE, to LOVE bravely – across lines and despite fears.
Symbols and slogans take on meaning precisely because they are charged with the weight of fraught, painful, and contradictory pasts. They mean different things to different people. Respecting the power of these collisions constitutes both political good sense and common decency.
My older son just graduated from his Jewish day school in DC and will attend public school next year. Who can I trust to educate him on Israel now?
The call for religious pluralism in Israel cannot be divorced from the struggle for Palestinian rights.
Here's a list of admirable rabbis tweeting against the AHCA today, providing a proudly Jewish religious voice of morality. Additional names welcome...
A call for heads of Jewish organizations to commit their institutions to the Paris Accord has reached nearly 500 signers in defiance of Trump's withdrawal.
In response to outcry after Charleena Lyle's shooting, a Seattle federation has postponed an award for Seattle's chief of police -- but didn't rescind it.
After Seattle police killed Charleena Lyles, it is inappropriate for the Jewish federation to honor the police chief with a "Tikun Olam" award on Thursday.