When Jon Cohen was in college a decade ago studying biology and chemistry with plans for medical school, he knew he wanted to make a difference in the world beyond the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee.
So he and some friends decided to...
MAYA MIRSKY , In partnership with the "J" of Northern California
• Published January 24, 2023
This article first appeared in J. The Jewish News of Northern California
“There was no squeamishness on my part, I didn’t wear gloves,” said Adam Gottstein. “I had Mom in the palms of my hands.”
The Amador County resident was placing the...
Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward
• Published January 11, 2023
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A number of prominent Conservative rabbis wrote a letter to the Rabbinical Assembly last year declaring their strong opposition...
By Adam Kovac, The Forward
• Published January 3, 2023
Dry rubs called “Rabbi Rub” and “Jew Cub Rub” are getting a mixed reaction online. On Monday, a user posted a photo of the products on a store shelf to the r/Jewish subreddit. The rubs are made by Texas-based Smo’ Better Food.
The photo...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 7, 2022
When we look back at our lives, we can probably count on both hands and feet the number of times we did something that we wish you could take back. Hopefully, most are minor, but still, crawl under your skin. Like the time when I was 10ish, and...
BY SHULA NEUMAN , SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published October 21, 2022
Something radical happened 50 years ago. Judaism experienced a crack in the patriarchy when the first woman was publicly ordained as a rabbi. There had been private ordinations before, ordinations that weren’t recognized outside a small circle of people....
By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published October 13, 2022
A baby’s name is the first gift we give them, so it’s important to be thoughtful about it. Sometimes, the perfect name is a short and sweet one — and it’s surprising how much meaning a one-syllable name can pack. (In fact, one of the Hebrew words...
Megan Rubenstein , Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 12, 2022
When attending a college or university without a large Jewish population, it can be hard for students to find a community of peers who share the same background. In St. Louis, Yael Sabah of the Network STL is making it easier.
Led by Sabah, the Network...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 11, 2022
On a hot, humid day in late August, Nahanni Rous joined a gathering at Linke Fligl, a queer Jewish chicken farm and cultural organizing project in New York's Hudson Valley. (Linke Fligl is a pun—Yiddish for "left wing.") For the past seven years,...
BY SUZANNE EPSTEIN-LANG , SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published October 10, 2022
On the way to Yom Kippur services, I began the following sentence, "Girls, Sukkot starts on Sunday…." I would have completed this sentence by saying, "We're really not going to be at home much next week," " It always blows over," or, "The weather never...
(Jewish Herald-Voice, Houston via JTA) — If the Astros make it to the World Series later this month, fans can thank team manager Dusty Baker — along with a fresh baked challah and several quarts of matzah ball soup.
Baker stopped by Kenny &...
