Jews Are Still Coming to Terms With America
Time and time again, American Jews have rediscovered a fascinating paradox: Sometimes, it requires bold discontinuities to secure Jewish continuity.
Jewish Tradition Is the Ultimate Renewable Energy
This New Year, as most Jews enter sanctuaries with the push of a button, let’s travel there fueled by clean, pure, renewable Jewish energy.
Celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah as Jewish Women
Both Thanksgiving and Hanukkah are, in fact, holidays about tension between cultures. Both offer opportunities to celebrate our Americanness as well as our ethnic distinctiveness.
#MeToo and the Jewish Man
We have to remind ourselves—and some men of a previous generation—that the world has changed. Sexist jokes are out and men should be careful about touching women.
Why I Made Aliyah as a 24-Year-Old American
My choice to make aliyah came from a strong sense of responsibility for the Jewish people, a pull to keep on writing the Jewish story toward justice.
Changing Arab Minds in the Middle East
Moving forward, Bassin is convinced that engagement, not separation, is the only way to create a lasting peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors.
On Tisha B’Av, Remembering Divisions That Destroy
In Israel and the United States, the greatest threat Jews face is the tendency to create divisions and look at brothers and sisters as others.