Jewish identity

Ideas

Israelis have turned Lag b’Omer into a nationwide party. Here’s how they celebrate.

The festive holiday usually involves bonfires, music, food and plenty of weddings.

Jewish rocker Ezra Furman announces she’s a woman — and a mom

“This has not been an easy journey,” wrote the acclaimed musician, who often references her Judaism in her indie rock songs.

Ideas

Raising Asian Jewish kids in the US has never been scarier

In the shock of the Atlanta shootings, a mother thinks about leaving the country before realizing there are better ways to meet some onerous challenges.

Culture

A Muslim and a Jewish woman co-wrote a children’s book about standing up to prejudice

Ideas

Queen Esther helped me become the hero of my own Persian Jewish story

Ideas

We need to step up our charitable giving during the pandemic — it’s the Jewish thing to do

Politics

This 102-year-old Jewish grandma is going viral for mailing her absentee ballot in a hazmat suit

Ideas

Anti-Semites ‘Zoombombed’ our synagogue’s Shabbat services

Culture

My Black Jewish family’s values were 150 years in the making

Culture

What Juneteenth means to my Black Jewish family

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