After Corona
COVID has exploded Jewish LGBTQ acceptance online. There’s no going back.
When I think about the long-term impact COVID-19 is going to have on communal Jewish living, all of these experiences, and so many more, come to mind
Transforming the warmth of the Persian community into something new
As an Iranian Jew, I take pride in the warmth, hospitality, and intense affection and love that is displayed in my community.
The (Jewish) world is flat(tening)
Now comes the reckoning. The flattening of the Jewish world is both thrilling and terrifying.
An opportunity to confront white supremacy and create a Jewish, intersectional future
In this time of great adversity, we have the greatest opportunity to start to fix the biggest crack in our communal foundation.
A wakeup call: You are your brother’s keeper
We are, it turns out, our brother’s — and sister’s — keeper.
How the pandemic will change Jewish philanthropy
The decisions we make today will reverberate in the years to come and have the potential to create a feedback loop of transformation and growth.
Chabad emissaries are stepping into communal gaps - for good
People who rarely engaged with Chabad are expressing a need to connect with others and, also, with the deeper, spiritual part of themselves.
Online Judaism is an echo chamber. Will we ever see those we disagree with again?
I worry now more than ever about bubbles; the ways we are self-selecting our communities in ways that only amplify our own views and preferences.
Our history is full of sorrow and salvation. This won’t change us.
Our core values of individual responsibility to G-d, of building family and community, of just laws and free civil society, those will not change.
The end of Jewish day school
No longer will the choice be between tuition and family vacations and savings; it will be between tuition and mortgage payments and food on the table.