Making the Tradition What We Say It IsMarch 3, 2023by Laynie SolomanContent warning: This piece names historical anti-Jewish violence and current violence in Palestine. Earlier this week, Israeli settlers carried out…
Turning Our Dreams Upside DownFebruary 24, 2023by Elaina MarshalekWe have entered Adar, a month about which the Talmud teaches, “When Adar enters, joy increases” (Taanit 29a). The peak…
She Shall Inscribe Her Hand to GodFebruary 17, 2023by Bronwen MullinFor the last thirteen years, I’ve been an advisor to my Jewish friends, congregants, students and colleagues about their tattoos.…
Not a Rabbi, Not Yet a RavFebruary 10, 2023by Ren FinkelAfter years of working in the service industry, making ends meet as best I could in the gig economy, I…
Ask, And They Will Tell You: Reflections on the Teshuva-Writing CollectiveFebruary 3, 2023by Alyx BernsteinWhen I was 15, about nine months after coming out as a baby trans girl, I found my way to…
On the Table in Front of UsJanuary 27, 2023by Laynie SolomanYears before I entered a SVARA bet midrash, I learned a text from a friend, who learned it from a…
What Carries Us Through a CrashJanuary 13, 2023by Maggie KrausOn a cold and miraculous day last March, I lived out a fantasy I didn’t realize I had until it…
Questions, Practice, and Moving Toward LifeJanuary 6, 2023by Becky SilversteinIn June 2022, the On Being Project paused its weekly podcasts. The podcast’s host and executive producer, Krista Tippett, shared…
Healing, Heroes, and Holding HandsDecember 23, 2022by Jhos SingerJulie (my practically-perfect-in-every-way spouse) and I have, over the past few years, gobbled up a series of action-y adventure type…
A Little More DarknessDecember 16, 2022by Kendra SapersteinAn astrophoto of C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), taken by Kendra’s grandfather, Bill. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יי אֱלקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעולָם אֲשֶׁר…
The Uncountable Queer Contradictions of Rabban Gamliel: A Roundtable DiscussionDecember 9, 2022Many thanks to Ren Finkel (our one and only Mishnah Collective Coordinator) for their visioning, support, and incredible hot takes…
The Needy for a Pair of Sandals: Jacob’s Unsettling, and Our OwnDecember 2, 2022by Jess BelascoOne rather dark night in 2009, I sat on my bed in my college dorm room and typed out a…