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Jewish Text The New Union Haggadah, Revised Edition Rabbi Howard A. Berman and Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman
Essay Remembering Hebrew School in Iranian Prison Earlier this week, Joshua Fattal wrote about being a Jew celebrating Christmas in Iranian prison. He will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council and… Joshua Fattal March 19, 2014
Essay Searching for My People Ellen Litman is the author of Mannequin Girl: A Novel and the story collection The Last Chicken in America, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times First… Ellen Litman March 18, 2014
Essay Jews Don’t Celebrate Christmas (Except in Prison in the Islam Republic of Iran) Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd were imprisoned in Iran in 2009. Shourd was released one year later and worked to secure Bauer and Fattal’s return in 2011. Since… Joshua Fattal March 17, 2014
Essay A Tu B’Shvat Post in the Dead of Winter If ever there was a harsh reminder that Tu B’shvat is not a celebration of the spring, this year would be it. Just a few short weeks since Jerusalem was… Nat Bernstein January 16, 2014
Essay Passover in Pakistan Earlier this week, Rachel Cantor wrote about the power of the Aleph. Her novel, A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee’s Guide to Saving the… Rachel Cantor January 16, 2014
Essay Happy Merry Christmas, Ma’am! On Being Jewish in a Strange Land Earlier this week, Jenny Feldon wrote about becoming an accidental housewife and how to ignore the labels. She is the author of the recently published Karma Gone Bad:… Jenny Feldon December 12, 2013
