Toward Softening
This is a hard time for our people. The hardest in my lifetime. I believe that Israel has a right to exist and to defend itself, and I believe that […]
November 6, 2023
October 13, 2023
Minnesotans Show Solidarity with Israel at the State Capitol
This Wednesday, I was proud to see the public show of support from the state of Minnesota to the Jewish state of Israel. On that day, the I-35W bridge in […]
October 10, 2023
From Israel Bonds To Am Yisrael Chai
My grandma never gave me toys for my birthday or for Hanukkah. I didn’t get books or action figures or video games or baseball cards or any of the things […]
September 22, 2023
A Reconstructionist Pilgrimage Towards Racial Justice
In March, I had the good fortune to travel to the Deep South with 200 other Reconstructionist Jews from congregations around the country on a sobering yet uplifting journey that […]
September 15, 2023
Trying to Attain Perfection In An Imperfect World
“The place that those who do teshuvah can attain; — those who are completely righteous can never attain. Be-makom she-ba’alei teshuvah omdin ein tzadikkim gemurim ye-kholin l’amode.“ (Tractate Berakhot 34b) […]
September 15, 2023
Who By Water and Who By Fire
Look around you on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur as the powerful, frightening piyyut (liturgical poem) of UnetaneTokef is sung during the Musaf prayer. This awe-inspiring section depicts how we […]
September 6, 2023
Bradley Cooper Misses By A Nose
Bradley Cooper is producing and directing Maestro, the Leonard Bernstein story. Apparently, it’s a role he’s coveted for a long time, but for reasons one can only speculate about, he felt it […]
September 5, 2023
Like a Jew Among Jews: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
This piece originally ran on New Voices. TC Jewfolk is part of the New Voices Jewish Media Fellowship program. Subscribe to the New Voices newsletter. It’s not always been obvious to […]
August 31, 2023
How Do We Connect To ‘You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah’?
Like it or not, “You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah” not only exists but is soaring in popularity in both Jewish and secular circles. As Jews, whether we […]
August 22, 2023
‘Funny Girl’ Casting Decision Rains on the Parade of Jewish Theater Fans Across the Globe
The opening performance of the Broadway revival of Parade was punctuated by a Neo-Nazi protest. Antisemitism rates in the United States are currently skyrocketing to levels unreached since the Holocaust. […]