Laurel Snyder

I scribble a lot. I talk too much. I apologize with wild abandon.

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The Proud Jews of Bumblefuck

Working at Hillel, I came to understand something about Passover… Nearly everyone observes it on…

Complicated Lies and Ethical Conundrums

This week, as I was trying to read the NYTimes Magazine (while my son ate…

Inventing the (Religious) Wheel

For a lot of us, Jewish holidays are about cobbling together ritual, tradition, and history……

Next Year in the Diaspora

JBooks is running a lot of interesting content lately, and I thought you might be…

The Jews Invented Spring Cleaning

It wasn’t until I was in my twenties that I saw someone burn chametz before…

Passover in the Aisles?

Jews aren’t much for mission.  We don’t stand on street corners, handing out little flyers…

Faith in Photos

Beliefnet has a really stunning photo gallery up right now, called The World at Prayer.…

If You Want to Hunt the Easter Bunny, You Gotta Know His Name

Via Jewschool, as is so often the case… A town in California is renaming the…