What Do Marriage and Winemaking Have in Common?
A Turning Point
Why Three Israeli Couples Came to the U.S. to Be Married
Recently, a Reform congregation in Washington, D.C., hosted a Jewish wedding ceremony for three Israeli couples who are unable or unwilling to marry in Israel.
The Struggle to Build a Loving, Accepting, and Ethical Israel
A classmate recently snapped a photo of a billboard promoting Israel’s right-wing Yachad party that read: “So there won’t be a child with a father and a father!”
Sexual Assault is a Jewish Issue
This piece is a part of the RAC Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) blog series.
Pluralism in Israel
Personal is Political
Israel: It’s All About Love
This past week, I spent a significant amount of time thinking about love for Israel -- my own and that of our Reform Jewish community.
Supreme Court Term in Review
Feeling Jewish
When I decided to convert I wondered often, "Would I ever really feel Jewish?" I never could have anticipated that the death of my father, who was neither religious nor Jewish, would be the event that would take me there.