Emily Cohen

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Feb 27, 2021, 12:43 PM

What the high priest’s garments teach us about wearing a mask

Masks atop a modernized color scheme of the Urim VeTumim (Getty Images/Laura E. Adkins for JTA)

Putting on a mask might feel reflexive now in a way that it would not have for most of us a year ago, but that does not make it easy

Jul 28, 2020, 4:00 PM

A Jewish boycott of Twitter could backfire

(Screenshots/JTA Montage)

The 2-day strike to protest Twitter's handling of anti-Semitism has a whiff of anti-Black racism, and, in any case, silence is not the answer

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About Me

Rabbi Emily Cohen is the spiritual leader of West End Synagogue in New York City, a podcast producer and an artist. She tweets @ThatRabbiCohen.