I have a confession to make. I don’t like the holocaust. I don’t like thinking about, reading about, or talking about the holocaust. I don’t like hearing disturbing jokes about the difference between Santa and the Jews. I don’t like confronting the horrors in our past. I admit it. I don’t like learning about the… Continue reading Keep Moving Forward – On Holocaust Education
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Why I’m So Vocal About LGBT Equality
A few weeks ago I was sitting in the cafeteria with a friend from university who accused me of posting on Facebook only about calculus. "That's not true!" I protested, "There are plenty of posts about same-sex marriage!" "Oh," he said, "I didn't know you were – like that." "Like what?" I asked, and he… Continue reading Why I’m So Vocal About LGBT Equality
Women Talk to a Wall – and Get Arrested
On the first day of every Jewish month, women all over the world hold their breath. Some of us cross our fingers; some of us pray or meditate. Some of us can't be there to support them, so wherever we are we hold still and hope really hard that the Women of the Wall don’t… Continue reading Women Talk to a Wall – and Get Arrested
The Jewish Woman’s Cloak of Invisibility
Do you ever find yourself walking down the street on an ordinary day, and experience a stranger purposely avert their eyes from you as you walk by them? * A little background for those unfamiliar with the phenomenon: In ultra-religious Judaism there are strict rules about separation of men and women. There are many reasons… Continue reading The Jewish Woman’s Cloak of Invisibility
Hephaestus and Aphrodite
Everyone knows what it feels like to be rejected by someone you have feelings for. (If you don't, this post may not be of interest to you.) Let's agree it's comparable to being run over by a garbage truck. It is not at all a desirable situation to be in. You know how Romeo and… Continue reading Hephaestus and Aphrodite
Plain Truth…?
Last night at dinner with some friends of my grandmother’s, I found myself casually throwing out the statement, “Everyone hates the Jews.” I said it without thinking, but instead of getting the expected chuckle, it started a conversation. “Is that how you really feel? That the world hates the Jews?” I was asked a question… Continue reading Plain Truth…?
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