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The year is 1964. You are a nice Jewish man from New York City going to help the Congress on Racial Equality in the south by registering African-Americans to vote in Meridian, Miss. Your name …
Rabbi Benjamin Shull of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey knows Jewish divorces. In addition to performing these ceremonies for members of his congregation, he has had one of his own. “If a couple is married in …
When Liz Scoggin’s Jewish friends apply to colleges this year, they might skip the University of Chicago. Scoggin, a U. of Chicago junior, says her friends are afraid to be on a campus that seems …
Rabbi Sheila Weinberg has relaxed through mindfulness meditation for 20 years. Although she doesn’t consider herself to be Buddhist, the director of outreach and community development for the Institute for Jewish Spirituality teaches rabbis with …
Last December, Eve Schwartz became an adult. She turned 21 and was finally allowed to drink legally. A few weeks later, she completed another milestone-she became a bat mitzvah.
A year before that, she never …
COLLEGE CONVERT: Evan Kaplan, 19, will be baptized as a Catholic this Easter.
The first time Evan Kaplan stepped into a Catholic Church, he felt at home. That same sense of familiarity convinced Jason to become …
Speech Practice: Zitlalli Esquivel, 15, rehearses for the Ssaturday mornng youth service. The daughter of Mexican immigrants who coverted to Judaism, she’s thinking of having her bat mitvah next year.
It took Donnica Dunlap eight years …
Your typical Hillel is like vanilla frozen yogurt - a perfectly satisfying standby available at most dining halls. But what about the more exotic fro-yo flavors? Espresso, chocolate raspberry, mango…These next few Hillels are more …
When you and your lover are feeling frisky, the I-can-hardly-wait-to-take-my-clothes-off frisky, three is usually a crowd, so the roommate gets the boot. But what happens when your rabbi wants in on the action?
The Conservative Movement …
