Poem | Kaddish for the Living
What does it mean to be “dead / but not”—marooned on the border between being and having been? In “Kaddish for the Living,” a daughter...
How A Set of Twins Survived the Holocaust Together with Michael Berenbaum and Marion Ein Lewin
Join Marion Lewin and Holocaust Scholar Michael Berenbaum for a conversation about what they experienced and how they survived, a remarkable story documented in the new book Inseparable: The Hess Twins' Holocaust Journey through Bergen-Belsen to America by Faris Cassell.
Interview | Laziza Dalil on Teaching Moroccan Jewish Heritage
The vice president and cofounder of the Mimouna Association, which started as a club on her university campus in Morocco, on the importance of shared community.
Memoir | International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Danish Rescue
Danes from all walks of life stepped up during the Holocaust to save Jews—including my relatives. How is Denmark observing International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the wake of October 7?
Tu B’Shvat: A Birthday for the Trees
A new Gregorian year is upon us, and it’s a new year for the trees as well. Sometimes called “Jewish Earth Day,” the celebration of...
Muslim and Arab Voices Against Bigotry
Thoughts from Muslims and Arabs who have been courageously speaking out against antisemitism and the October Hamas attack on Israel.
The Importance of Storytelling in the Black and Jewish Communities with Eric K. Ward, Nadine Epstein, Adam Mansbach and Langston Collin Wilkins
A conversation about the importance of folklore in both the Black and Jewish communities, from the golem and Anansi the Spider to Hip Hop and Jewish Jokes.
Fania Oz-Salzberger Reads ‘A Quick Guide To Zionism In Hard Times’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19OGaTQ8TuU
Who Will Lead the Priestesses?
On the evening of July 20, members of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute found an unexpected email from Rabbi Jill Hammer and Taya Mâ Shere in their inboxes.
Will Congress Pressure Israel?
This week, Natan Guttman covers Bernie Sanders' failed legislation to condition U.S. military aid to Israel, and shares what he heard from Iowa caucus voters last week, including from a woman wearing not one but two Trump hats.
From 2016 | How The Black Lives Matter and Palestinian Movements Converged
Ferguson had the world’s attention, and it wasn’t long before messages of black-Palestinian solidarity reverberated in cities across the country.
Duckworth: Life as a Unity
Meteorology was the first science we studied when I was in middle school in the Chicago area during the early 1960s and I was mesmerized...