Why I’m Skipping My Own Graduation

Today was my college graduation and instead of attending, I’m at work writing about it—much to the chagrin of my poor mother, who has now had two...

Learning to Love Iran

BBC World Service recently released the results of a 25-country survey determining how the world’s citizens view 16 countries and their...

Urban Adamah: Celebrating the Jewish farm tradition

Across from Red Sea tobacconist and flanked by a dive bar, parking lot, and storage unit is Urban Adamah, a one and a quarter acre Jewish urban farm...

Tikkun Olam: Repairing or Healing?

This article was originally posted on jU Chicago’s blog, and can be found here. Tikkun olam has become a motto for young socially-conscious...

Ruth Feldman’s ‘Blue Thread’ an important YA read: review

As I sat down to review Ruth Feldman’s “Blue Thread,” I struggled to make sense of how to describe the novel in a way that...

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