Golan Altman-Shafer, at The Blogs

Golan Altman-Shafer

Jun 16, 2026, 6:20 PM

Before the last century, young Jews were never afforded the opportunity to establish diverse communities. There was limited room to experiment between living in a Shtetl and shedding Judaism to become secular. Today, the narrative in North America is...

May 30, 2025, 12:11 PM

The Siddur Spectrum

For a school project, I did a ground-level evaluation of two Siddurim across the religious spectrum to find any interesting similarities or differences between them. Even though I am relatively knowledgeable about the subject, I learned a surprising number...

Jun 21, 2024, 11:57 PM

Banishing the Jewish Binary

Jozef Israels Joodse bruiloft
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Throughout Jewish history, there has always been a rift, some divide within the Jewish community that has stemmed from either a religious or a philosophical debate. These divisions date back to Egypt when a lot of Jews (the Talmud...

About Me

Golan Altman-Shafer (19) is a rising Sophomore at Brandeis University from Milwaukee, WI. He is the current Masorti Junior Gabbi and enjoys volunteering for the Jewish community. He is an alum of the Shalom Hartman Teen Fellowship, Tikvah Scholars Program, and Yiddish Book Center Great Jewish Books. He enjoys learning about the diverse Jewish community across the United States.