Unequivocal disaster, Education and Sharing Narratives
This is a Guest Post by Edan Nissen, a graduate of Hashomer Hatzair Australia, now living in Israel. Edan has a BA from Monash University, Majoring in Politics and History of the Middle East with a...
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Community Leaders Push to Become 1st Moishe House in Toronto
A group of young, Jewish, Toronto-based leaders who are active in building dynamic Jewish programming for young adults expected to get support from Moishe House for the work they do, but were surprised...
View ArticleSkirts in Context
This is a guest post by Avigayil Halpern. One of my most vivid memories from elementary school is obstacle courses in gym class. Riding on small, flat, scooters and propelling ourselves with our hands...
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Throw Back Thursday: Doing Better Edition
Tonight at the JCC in Manhattan, the Jewish Multiracial Network will co sponsor a panel called Mixed Multitudes: Race and Ethnicity in the Jewish Community in which panelists Erika Davis, Yitz “Y-Love”...
View ArticleEarning Egalitarianism
Leading tefillah for the first time is scary. Countless bar mitzvah boys, and increasing numbers of bat mitzvah girls, experience this fear as part of a rite of passage; facilitating a community in...
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Important Thing: The Next Jewish Multiracial Network Parlor Meeting- “Ally:...
New York City: Join the Jewish Multiracial Network on August 21st at their second parlor meeting (read about the first here) on allies, change making and privilege: From the JMN: “Allies are people...
View ArticleFear, Fearlessness and Forward Movement: A Guest Post by Naomi Adland
Editor’s Note: Inspired by this guest post, we’re looking for submissions from you – our creative, progressive readers- articulating a vision for a what a fearless Jewish future and community might...
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Yesh Bereyrah–There Is A Choice: An Affirmative Judaism
This guestpost is by Jonah Rank and is part of our Fearless Judaism series. Jonah Rank is a musician, and, as of May 2015, a rabbi ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary, where Jonah is currently...
View ArticleOpen Hillel’s Open Letter to Hillel CEO Eric Fingerhut
Standards of Partnership turn Hillels from gateways to Jewish identity into discriminatory gatekeepers Dear Mr. Fingerhut, In recent weeks, events at Hillel affiliates across the country have...
View ArticleWanted: Submissions for Anthology on Judaism, Body, and Identity
Have you battled an eating disorder or another form of disordered eating? Have you grappled to make peace with your body? Have you struggled to live within your body in an embodied way? Have you had...
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