The Problem of Legitimacy, Part 1
Disability and Jewishness - there's a link there, if you look deeply.
View ArticleRemembering Kennedy
It’s 50 years today since the assassination of President John F. Kennedy shocked us all. Like everyone else alive that day, I remember it and the following days in Technicolor. I started to write a...
View ArticleJust Before Shabbat: My Week
This week I’ve been having an interesting time at the BlogHer ’14 Conference in San Jose. It’s the 10th annual gathering of women who blog, and it’s fascinating. I’m about to step back from it for...
View ArticleWe Measure Our Days in Various Ways
A certain post suddenly became popular this summer.
View ArticleSuffering is Not a Show
Sooner or later the photographs of burning houses and flowing lava could be on the news here on the mainland.
View ArticleJews and American Politics
American Jews tend to be politically engaged. We vote, and we get involved in political campaigns.
View Article“Bar Mitzvah” is Not a Verb
There are a few things that make me really crazy. This is one. Thanks for reading.
View ArticleDon’t Feed the Terrorist
Every click we withhold from these murderers is a small victory for decency.
View ArticleThou Shalt Not Embarrass
Please, especially in places that should be safe for every Jew, don't humiliate people in or out of the restroom.
View ArticleNo Stupid Questions!
The best questions, the questions that must be asked, are the questions that come out of ignorance.
View ArticleGiving: Not Just for Tuesday
First there was Thanksgiving, a national holiday established by FDR in 1939. (Yes, yes, there was a feast at Plimoth Plantation in 1621, but it wasn’t an annual feast, much less a national holiday...
View Article10 Ways to be a Great Potluck Guest
Here's my idea of what makes a great potluck guest.
View ArticlePersonal Note: I’m Sad.
Image of the Kotel by Antonina Reshef – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0. For 28 years, a small group of Jewish women, the Women of the Wall (WoW), have insisted on their right to pray according to their own...
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