Audrey Levitin, at The Blogs

Aug 11, 2024, 10:17 PM

Rabbi David Wolpe had a "sudden flash" as he prepared to deliver a speech on antisemitism. He said, "I imagine myself in conversation with my great-great-grandfather. And I say to him, "You know, there is some anti-semitism at Harvard",...

Nov 29, 2023, 6:05 AM

Choosing Humanity In A Hostile World

On a gorgeous warm fall day in Montclair NJ, I attended a vigil for the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas. The long street was taken up with a replica of the now famous Shabbat table, decorated with...

Nov 1, 2023, 11:45 PM

Antisemitism and Remembering Who We Are

I have felt it for a while. A drip, drip, drip of encounters large and small, evidence that the world is less safe, less supportive, less friendly toward the Jewish people. Over the summer, I went to a Middle Eastern...

May 24, 2023, 6:32 PM

In Celebration of Shavuot — Echoes of Torah in the World

As Shavuot approaches, I have been reflecting on the many ways the Torah echoes throughout the world, in literature, the visual arts, music, politics and in the fight for justice. A book, a painting, a sermon, stand in stark...

Dec 20, 2022, 12:01 AM

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The light of Hanukkah in American democracy

"Hanukkah menorah" by skpy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

It has been disorienting to adjust to the reality that being Jewish in the US increasingly feels dangerous

Aug 4, 2022, 8:09 PM

Baseless hatred

(Sharon Dominick, Getty Images, model and property released (MR&PR))

Last week we ushered in Av, the saddest month on the Jewish calendar. Like each new month, on Rosh Chodesh we ask for a life of honor. We chant, “Grant us a long life.” “A peaceful life with goodness and blessing.” “A...

Apr 15, 2022, 7:34 PM

Passover: A Cautionary Story

Passover is a Jewish holiday with universal appeal and as many different ways to tell the story as there are different types of people. Years ago, I went to an ecumenical seder on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. The...

Mar 15, 2022, 11:57 PM

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With its dress-up, drinking, and dark story, Purim was never my holiday. Until now

Queen Esther's audience with Ahasuerus. (via Twitter)

An unlikely hero takes a brave stand against tyranny and suddenly the holiday's themes and message of heroism come alive for me

Feb 4, 2022, 5:44 AM

The Climate Crisis and Global Activism

My happiest memories include being in nature. My husband Nick and our children, Josh and Nina spend summer vacations on Cape Cod where there is a plethora of gorgeous lakes, bays, and, of course, the ocean. We especially love...

Jan 12, 2022, 4:34 PM

Shabbat In A Time of Division

When the pandemic began, I missed the office, I missed restaurants, I missed travel, but most of all I missed synagogue on Shabbat. There is something deeply comforting about seeing the same people at the same time, in the...

About Me

Audrey Levitin is a Senior Consultant at CauseWired, a firm working with human rights and civil liberties organizations. For 15 years she was the Director of Development at the Innocence Project. She served as Co-Chair of US/Israel Women to Women, now a project of the National Council of Jewish Women. She is an essayist and her work has been seen in the Star Ledger, The Forward, MetroWest Jewish Week, and Cape Cod Life. She and her husband, photographer Nick Levitin live in West Orange, New Jersey.