judaism

What about the almost 30% of Americans who aren’t Christian? Speaking as a Jew, it can be an awkward time, especially with school concerts, holiday parties, and all the ways Christmas permeates December.

A man faces his estranged father and the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community he had left behind years ago.

When recounting that Mildred didn’t like that Gayle was flat-chested at 15, we learn how Mom stuffed her daughter’s bathing suit top with foam. It escaped and floated away during a swim lesson. Rather than express regret at the incident, Mildred offers the response, “Your boobs grew, and your nose grew.”

Our perceptions of black masculinity are based on myths white men created to dehumanize black men. But we are captive to these myths inasmuch as we desire to make this imagined black masculinity our own.

When my husband and I looked at the screen in the ultrasound room and saw that we were having a girl, we both breathed a sigh of relief. Not because we didn’t want to have a boy, but because it meant the circumcision debate was off the table.

I was the last generation fortunate enough to have personally known survivors of the Holocaust.

The failure to grapple with the complexities of anti-semitism perpetuates a hierarchy of oppression.

In the U.S., anti-Semitism is universally condemned. This means that, effectively, anti-Semitism doesn't exist.