Laurel Snyder

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

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Jewish mothers: Faithful… or just majorly oppressed?

Last Friday, I did something I almost never do.  I made (something resembling) a traditional…

Drum Circles: Yeah, they suck. But…

A few years ago I was invited to head up to Camp Ramah Darom and…

Jewish Scientologists? HinJews? Where do we draw the line?

The Jerusalem Post has a story today about Jewish (Israeli) Scientologists.  Which lends a whole…

Sex is holy… so get ya some

It's Shabbat, and so (since I'm commanded to get naughty tonight) I'm thinking about sex. …

Spirituality, Jewish sweatshops, and you

It’s sometimes hard to figure out what we mean by “spirituality” when it comes to…

Would you swear… in Jesus’ name?

At the risk of bringing up Prager in a different contex, I have to point…

There’s soul, and then there’s soul…

If I were to run across a Joshua Nelson CD in a record store, I’d…

What are they thinking under those black hats?

Today, as the conservative movement debates gay marriage and gay ordination, (Wow! I don’t think…