Religion & Beliefs

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Birth Writing: The Beginning Of The End

Sun, mud, sweat, booze, and pills. Just another day in Israel.

Becoming Jewish: “Shiksa Frustration: Escape to Judaism… in 3D!”

I’m sick of being called a shiksa. One time, after a guy broke up with me, he told me his sister said that, “Shiksas are just for practice.” Knowing how frustrated I was, one of my friends triple dog dared me to convert to Judaism. And that’s where this column comes in.

The Jewish Cat Lady Talks Purim Costumes

I can haz a Purim?

The Art of Shpiel-Writing

Maybe you can write novels or Broadway hits, but can you write a true Purim shpiel?

Birth Writing: Ancient Secrets Of The Negev Desert

You know it had to be a good night in Israel when it starts off with “We had woken that morning in Tel Aviv, bleary eyed and hung-over.”

Faith, Social Justice, And Wisconsin

To say that there is something transcendent in each of us need not be a declaration of religious faith. It is a recognition of the other in her highest form of humanity.

Birth Writing: Hear, O Israel

Still down and out in Israel. This time with 100% more tears.

I Wish The New Maccabeats Purim Video Had Some Cats

I genuinely have to believe that a few seconds of a feline dressed as Mordecai or Haman would knock these guys into Waka Flocka Flame territory.