About Hillel’s Israel Guidelines
After Swarthmore Hillel’s decision to break from Hillel’s rules regarding conversation about Israel, I sent a letter to Hillel’s President and CEO, Eric Fingerhut by clicking send on a message as part...
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Mimi Arbeit: “Say that none of the words feel quite right, and commit to...
Mimi Arbeit is a Ph.D. student at Tufts in Child Development, where she studies adolescent sexuality, sexual health, and sexual violence prevention. She is a freelance sexuality educator and also...
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“I have seen a person of color in my Jewish community and wondered why they...
This piece is cross-posted with Zeek. When there were rumbles about yet another Weather Event in New York on February 6th, I got considerably more anxious than I normally would have, given that I work...
View ArticleOn the Deceptive Limits of Pluralism and the Need to Pursue Core Commitments
I just stumbled across a provocative piece from a few years ago by my teacher, Dr. Devora Steinmetz, published on the blog (“Yidion“) of Ravsak, the network of community Jewish day schools. Titled “It...
View Articlea freylikhen shushan purim!
Wishing you and yours a most joyous Shushan Purim from New York! The following Purim schtick video is brought to you by some of your favourite Jews from the Jewish Theological Seminary:
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Boston launch party for “The Veterans of History,” a secular history for...
From our friends in Boston comes a completely secular curriculum of Jewish history, designed by the long-time educator at Boston Workman’s Circle, Mitchell Silver. Join them at their launch party: Come...
View ArticleMatzah, teachers, and labor unions (On the Perelman Jewish Day School Decision)
The story is told of a very prominent rabbi in Europe before World War II who was approached by a freshly minted colleague who had just been hired to supervise the baking of matzohs for Passover. The...
View ArticleOpen Hillel Presents: The Open Hillel Sandwich
Check out the latest from Open Hillel- this video reminding us there is indeed more than one way to be Jewish, and more than one way to talk about Israel/Palestine.
View ArticleWhat Does a Jew Look Like? A Video by the Jewish Multiracial Network
(By Erika Davis, Board member, Jewish Multiracial Network) “Wait, you’re Jewish? “Yes, I’m Jewish.” “But you don’t look Jewish.” “Well, what does Jewish look like to you?” Silence. It’s been a long...
View ArticlePress Release: In Victory for Open Hillel, Hillel International Announces...
Washington, D.C. – May 11th, 2014 – Following pressure from the Open Hillel campaign, Hillel International President and CEO Eric Fingerhut announced that Hillel will create an “Israel Strategy...
View ArticleOn Sexual Harassment and the Religious Pedestal
This is a guest post by Shani Ben Or, the Community Coordinator for Kol HaNeshama, Jerusalem’s flagship congregation of the Reform Movement, where she also serves as a cantor, studies Critical,...
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Throwback Thursday: the Price of Jew$chool
Nearly all of the issues I raised in my 2011 post, “The Price of Jew$chool,” which lamented the state of Jewish Day School tuition and the weaknesses of its alternatives in formal Jewish education,...
View ArticleUnequivocal 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...
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