Arielle Kaden, a writer based in New York City, is a graduate of Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University, and the recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship. You can visit her website and follow her on twitter here.
Arielle Kaden
By Arielle Kaden
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Culture Is it time for me to conceal my Jewish identity in the United States?
When I lived in Germany, I felt afraid, but until Oct. 7, I thought America was different
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Opinion An Unlikely Correspondence: How A German Soldier Sought Forgiveness From A Jewish One
On December 16, 1944, my great-uncle Lester Bornstein was stationed with his unit, the United States Army 168th Combat Engineer Battalion, in the Ardennes forest in Belgium. After seven months of relentless fighting, the troops were supposed to have a quiet night. But that was about to change. At dawn, the Germans staged a surprise…
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Culture The Culture Of Hiding: What I Learned From Concealing My Jewish Identity In Germany
A few weeks ago, as I walked with my mom through a jewelry store in my hometown of Randolph, New Jersey, she directed me to the Judaica section. “Look, Arielle,” she said, pointing at a beautiful chain with a Star of David hanging off of it. I stared at the blue-tone rhinestones which covered the…
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Culture Giving Voice To Jewish Characters In Children’s Literature — A Conversation with Lesléa Newman
When I was a little girl attending public school in northern New Jersey, I would get excited every time I saw a Jewish person represented in a story. Growing up on a steady diet of Dr. Seuss, “The Black Stallion” and “A to Z Mysteries,” I noticed that there were hardly any Jewish characters in…
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Fast Forward Does Israel Violate Human Rights? Here’s What Top Democratic Candidates Say.
Over the past few months, The New York Times has asked 22 Democratic presidential candidates to sit down with their video cameras and answer 18 short but revealing questions. Many of the questions were hard-hitting policy queries like “In an ideal world, would anyone own handguns?” and “Should tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google…
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The Schmooze Drake Breaks Record, Thanks His Jewish Mother For ‘Relentless Effort’
Chart-topping rapper Drake made under-appreciated Jewish mothers around the world say “Why can’t you be more like him?” on Wednesday night at the Billboard Music Awards. Accepting the “Top Artist” prize, he dedicated his win to his own Jewish mother, Sandi Graham. Collecting the award also means that Drake now holds the title for most…
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The Schmooze Kacey Musgraves, Country Music Superstar, Is My On-The-Go Rabbi
Driving up Route 206 in the pouring rain on the way to my parents’ home in northern New Jersey, I slammed my foot on the brake, trying not to hit the car in front of me. Saturday morning traffic on 206 is a nightmare. As I waited at the stop light that would allow me…
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Life On World Cancer Day – Remembering Jacob Kaplan, A Princeton Student Who Almost Made It To Graduation
As we sat at the intersection of Washington and Faculty road in Princeton, New Jersey, my friend Jacob said, “You know you can make a right turn at a red light.” “I know that,” I said as I then made the turn. In reality, I had forgotten. But I couldn’t give Jacob another reason to…
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