By Jackie Jonas Years ago I met a woman named Marva who had converted to Judaism in her twenties. Marva told me that the Orthodox Rabbi who supervised her conversion as a Black woman asked “What, you don’t have enough trouble?” That was the response ...
by Sarah Katz The recent murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, along with the outpouring of public protest that has followed, have been a challenging time as a parent. How do we explain all of *this* to our children? I am white. ...
by Rhonda Seidman One of my all time favorite childhood books was Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candles. The irony of how I found my original copy is that I was having my own “Mrs. Moskowitz” experience during quarantine. In the story, Mrs. Moskovitz moves into ...