Shabbat, Chronic Illness, & Radical Rest
“I have seen Jewish wisdom anchor chronically ill and disabled people amidst a society that is built, in many ways, to exclude us.”
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
“I have seen Jewish wisdom anchor chronically ill and disabled people amidst a society that is built, in many ways, to exclude us.”
The mission to turn my family’s Cajun recipes Kosher went much deeper than just the food.
One unhinged writing session later, after great deliberation, and quite possibly spitting out water onto our computers, we bring you… the definitive in/out guide for 2024.
The weeklong trip to Camp Kinder Ring has been around, formally, for 14 years. But, for the first time, yunge mentshn (“young people”) would fill the bunks, and meet the generations that came before.
The films ranged from poignant renderings of love and loss of faith to high energy concepts toying with the forms of Judaism and film alike.
The Jewish performer’s new essay collection is “part exclusive backstage pass and part long-form literary striptease.”
“With this siddur addition, LGBTQ+ young adult Jews get to truly share their voices in religious life.”
“In declaring that the only way for Jews to be safe is for Israel to be safe, the safety of Jews everywhere else has effectively been compromised.”
“The Yiddish word haymishe comes to mind… It immediately made sense to me as an equal-parts ironic and sincere evocation of the joy and warmth of Midwestern Jewishness.”
“My grandpa was in the Hitler Youth—now I’m doing a very different thing.”
“My beloved’s hair is the color of coffee /
And she drinks from the finest waters in Sefarad.”
“It can be hard to let go of the sense that camp is full of tradition and history… but change is ok. It’s inevitable.”
“Zadie’s fork clatters on the table, startling me. So, he says, taking a breath to steady himself, I have been told that you are gay.”
“Right at the moment when I felt the least aligned with Judaism, I was cast in the most Jewish musical in existence.”
“I relapsed almost every Passover.” For some, the holiday of liberation can feel like Mitzrayim. Experts weigh in on how to find freedom.