Living With Leviticus: On Tattoos

In our zealous eagerness to prohibit all tattoos, we may have lost sight of our original mitzvah, to simply not tattoo as idol worship in order to foster a strong, lasting Jewish identity.

Under the Rainbow Huppah

Shir Tikvah’s Rabbi Melissa Simon reflects on marriage equality in New York state and the battle to marry in Minnesota.

Who is a Jew?

Dierdra Rutherford Fein reflects on helping her husband claim his Jewish identity – despite the fact that many Jews don’t consider him Jewish.