5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (756+ words) There are moments in history when reality itself seems to fracture – when the familiar dissolves, and humanity is forced to confront the limits of fear, power, and hope. The story of the Exodus is on. It is often remembered as…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (370+ words) A brief history of the Maxwell House Haggadah. Multiple versions of the Maxwell House Haggadah. (Amazon) For more than a millennium, the haggadah has been the centerpiece of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The book sets out the ceremony for…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1041+ words) There was a time when I measured my life by intensity. I moved continents because a dance floor made me feel alive. I stayed out until nine in the morning because sleep felt like an interruption to the current running…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (531+ words) As we pick out our Purim costumes and debate our favorite flavors of hamentashen, let’s take time to reflect on the amazing women at the center of the story of Purim and how each of their models of feminism can…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (842+ words) Talia S. Avrahami is an Israeli-American Orthodox Jewish educator, writer, wife, and mother with a decade of classroom experience. She is a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership and a recognised thought leader on issues of faith, education, and community. Her articles…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago   (409+ words) In the matter of K-E-S-G-, an asylum case decided by the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals on July 18, Department of Justice officials declared that a Salvadoran woman stalked and threatened by gang members could not obtain asylum based solely on the…...