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If the Book of Ruth, text customarily studied on Shavuot, were written with today's interfaith couples in mind...
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NEXT: A Division of Birthright Israel Foundation connects Birthright Israel trip alumni and their peers with meaningful Jewish living and learning opportunities nationally, locally and in Israel.
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What were you taught about your LGBTQ heritage? Kick off Boston Pride Week with a retelling of the story of LGBTQ liberation using the Passover Seder model. June 1st, Boston, MA.
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Supporting rabbis and cantors looking to engage interfaith couples and families in their communities and help them make a stronger connection with Judaism.
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Go To BlogsPersonal narrative by an Jewish woman whose family is descended from Jews from Iraq describing the delights and dilemmas of dating a Bedouin Muslim man in Israel.
Date: 01-02-2007The personal narrative of a man who was raised with immense knowledge of the Holocaust, where much of his father’s family had perished, and faced much anti-Semitism, despite the fact that he was not truly a Jew.
Date: 07-19-2007Reprinted news article about a rally held outside a European Union meeting in Brussels to show solidarity with Israel and express concern for growing anti-Semitism in Europe.
Date: 07-20-2006Reprinted opinion piece answering the question "Why are Jews always getting picked on"; author blames the "insecure tribal" nature of humankind, the history of anti-Semitism, and the peculiarity of Jewish mannerisms and values.
Date: 07-26-2007Personal narrative by a Jewish woman whose family was living in the MIddle East, where she fell in love with a Muslim man, but realized that the pressure of being surrounded by his family and culture, with its differing societal expectations, would be
Date: 01-03-2007Reprinted news article about anti-Semitic violence--arson at synagogues and verbal abuse at businesses and on streets--throughout Canada.
Date: 07-25-2006Reprinted news and opinion article by a rabbi describing the anti-Semitic, ahistorical content of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, and advocating a boycott of the film.
Date: 07-31-2006Profile of Eugene L. Pogany, author of In My Brother’s Image: Twin Brothers Separated by Faith After the Holocaust, about his family’s experience with conversion and the Holocaust..
Date: 02-18-2007Reprinted news article about John Kerry’s Czech ancestors who died in the Holocaust, with a note that "indifference to the Holocaust" is still a problem in Czech society today.
Date: 07-20-2006Reprinted news article about a controversial Palestinian "Resistence Poetry" course taught at the University of California at Berkeley, and where school administrators do and should draw the line between "open discussion" and "ind
Date: 11-30-2006
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