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Sep 9, 2023, 2:21 AM
We need a new definition of Jewish continuity
Originally released as a blog in 2019, this piece has been updated to reflect recent news and communal work. For all our hand-wringing generation after generation, Jewish communities seem to have achieved the impossible: keeping a faith tradition alive among...
Mar 3, 2023, 7:55 PM
V’nahafoch Hu: Flipping How We Feast to Save Our Future
Food traditions are inseparable from most Jewish holidays, and Purim is no exception—what would the celebration be without iconic cookies (not just hamantaschen) and dishes from around the Jewish world, many symbolizing the story’s miracles and its notorious villain?...
Sep 1, 2021, 10:26 AM
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The shemitah year calls us to repair a broken food system
As industrialized nations produce more and more food each year, the earth itself is in peril, for true abundance requires rest
Aug 19, 2020, 9:13 AM
Repairing Our Relationship with Animals Is an Act of Teshuvah
The yearning for return is real this year. Return to good health, return to in-person, return to normalcy. That universal desire grips us in a moment when our Jewish communities engage in a process of teshuvah, or spiritual return,...
Oct 18, 2019, 12:08 AM
Z’man Simchateinu: Joy during Climate Change
My partner and I take a night walk and indulge in dreaming out loud about the future, where we’ll live, what we’ll do, and what we hope to achieve and experience together. We are getting married in a few...
Jun 6, 2019, 9:58 PM
Redefining Jewish Continuity in the Age of Climate Breakdown
For all our hand-wringing generation after generation, Jewish communities seem to have achieved the impossible: keeping a faith tradition alive among a critical mass of followers for millennia. We’re about to observe Shavuot, a holiday that celebrates the Jewish...
Apr 25, 2018, 2:40 PM
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Israelis are right to condemn live animal shipments
Even meat eaters can avoid consuming the products of this appalling cruelty
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