Our Yesterdays And Our Tomorrows

By Elizabeth S August 8, 2023

“To love is to gamble on the promise that our todays will envy our tomorrows.”

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We Deserve Blessings

By Anonymous June 30, 2023

In June 2023, New Voices published a series of micro-stories about “Queer Jewish Joy”. As hostility toward trans and queer people persists across the country, we can derive strength from the moments that remind us how beautiful it is to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community. As we continue to fight for justice, stories of…

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Nothing but Holiness Here

By Athena Ackerman June 30, 2023

In June 2023, New Voices published a series of micro-stories about “Queer Jewish Joy”. As hostility toward trans and queer people persists across the country, we can derive strength from the moments that remind us how beautiful it is to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community. As we continue to fight for justice, stories of…

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Grieving Audrey Gale Hall: Chasing Queer, Jewish Joy

By Anna Rajagopal June 30, 2023

In June 2023, New Voices published a series of micro-stories about “Queer Jewish Joy”. As hostility toward trans and queer people persists across the country, we can derive strength from the moments that remind us how beautiful it is to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community. As we continue to fight for justice, stories of…

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Billy Joel Is Only Human

By Jay Wells March 7, 2022

The Jewish songwriter’s lifelong struggle with depression led him to become a public mental health advocate, even in the face of media-wide ableism.

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The Jews Who Celebrate Christmas

By Catherine Horowitz December 20, 2021

As the assimilation dilemma grows, an obsession with “continuity discourse” may be creating more barriers for Jews often shamed for multi-traditional upbringings.

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26 Jewish Resources That Aren’t Chabad.org

By Mirushe Zylali November 24, 2021

It’s time for a wider, more inclusive set of go-to Jewish resources. 

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Dear Jewish Queeries: How Do I Make My Summer Camp More Inclusive?

By Talia BarNoy June 28, 2021

As Jewish summer camps reopen, one counselor wonders how to make their summer camp more queer-friendly. Jewish Queeries have answers.

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The Synagogue in Tokyo

By Oren Oppenheim June 10, 2021

Meet the little-known Jews of Japan, thriving in the furthest reaches of diaspora

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The Tzimtzum of a Jewish Journal

By Lila Goldstein May 27, 2021

Acts of solitary creation through Jewish journaling practices have grown among young Jews, isolated in the pandemic.

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The “Halakhically Curious” Phenomenon

By Sofia Freudenstein May 26, 2021

Jewish law has often problematically been taught as a set of dogmatic rules, but a new generation of Jews and Jewish educators are calling for a more intentional vision of halakha.

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Not All Time Is For Sale: Keeping Shabbat Under Capitalism

By Ezra Lebovitz April 29, 2021

“There are still 25 hours of the week where time holds still, makes room for something quiet and eternal. It is, by its very nature, a world designed to exist outside of capital.”

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Shabbat Magic

By Gali Davar April 16, 2021

“To my surprise, Shabbat dinners became a predictable and grounding occurrence every week. My mom cooked, I set the table, and my dad and brother cleaned up after the meal. Sometimes it was twenty minutes of near silence then everyone scurried off to their bedrooms again. Sometimes it ended in explosive arguments and someone finishing their plate an hour or two later in the kitchen. But sometimes it worked.”

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Diaspora English: First Realizations in Nazareth

By Daniel Crasnow April 7, 2021

I wondered what part of his tour-guide history taught him to step to the back of the group he’s guiding, as he bowed to a religious sight. Was it just a part of getting out of the way— a matter of priorities in which his holy experience need not interrupt our photograph opportunity? Or was there something deeper there— a mutual shame on both our ends.

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Second Generation Survivors

By Tara Silberg March 10, 2021

Are the kids alright? How the parenting styles of Holocaust survivors transmitted trauma to the next generation and beyond.

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