A Seder for Two: Me and Elijah
“Black Jews like myself can often have a double consciousness about how they may be seen in one space or another, and hold serious reservations about entering predominantly-White Jewish spaces.”
Journalism by Jewish college students, for Jewish college students.
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“Her memories will become monuments”: On Poland, Irena Klepfisz, and the Search for Home
“It was on the plane to Warsaw that Irena Klepfisz’s writing began to feel less like poetry and more like prophecy.”
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.”
The Science of Religion: Observations from a Jewish Astrophysicist
“It is true that we are formed from the ‘dust of the Earth’ – we are descendants of space stuff, whether your origin story starts with an apple or a bang.”
Fancy Feast Dishes on Queer Sex, Burlesque, and Jewish Continuity
The Jewish performer’s new essay collection is “part exclusive backstage pass and part long-form literary striptease.”
“Israelism” Review: The Dangers of Pro-Israel Indoctrination
“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.”
Like a Jew Among Jews: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
“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.”
The Moss Maidens, a play about teen girls seducing and killing Nazis, is making history
“There’s this catharsis in getting to kill Nazis on stage, knowing they would have wanted to kill you.”
On Jewish Catholic Guilt
“By distancing myself from Christianity, I’ve distanced myself from a part of my mom’s life. I’m still trying to put together the pieces I’ve missed.”
mi kerida / My Beloved
“My beloved’s hair is the color of coffee /
And she drinks from the finest waters in Sefarad.”
Is Ye the New Wagner?
“He just has so many bangers!” said another Jewish friend begrudgingly the same week, dismayed that we weren’t putting Ye West on the playlist for the rager that night.
Mishpacha: Given and Found
“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.”
Gold Hysteria
I could see it all through a foggy haze, Kit and I forming a new life built up from the rotten wood and busted stone, broken pieces melded together to be whole again.
The Fiddler And The Self-Hating Jew
“Right at the moment when I felt the least aligned with Judaism, I was cast in the most Jewish musical in existence.”
“God of Vengeance”: A Seminal Script in the Fight to Reclaim Jewish Identity
A play written by Sholem Asch in 1906 hasn’t stopped being relevant to questions of Jewish identity – especially for queer Jews.