My Dad: “The Terrorist”

(Liya Rechtman)– “Eez not bomb. Is radio. I have license.” I can hear the roll in his “r” […]

Kosher on Christmas

(Liya Rechtman)– Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas Eve. It’s a thing. Jews have had Chinese food on […]

In our culture, there are roughly two ways to go about seeing an angel: God can show you […]

(Liya Rechtman)– The meaty reticence of Shofar still clings to my lips and my fingertips are glazed with […]

(Matt DeButts)– Three a cappella groups have finished performing. There’s a pause at the end, after the applause, […]

(Marie Lambert)– The months leading up to a general election always seem to bring out the best in […]

(Liya Rechtman)– From the ages of 7 to 14, I attended summer camp. Allow me to be self-indulgently […]

I have been working through a Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism for nearly six weeks now at […]

(Liya Rechtman)– My Bat Mitzvah portion was Shoftim; I had the great honor of chanting out “tzedek tzedek […]

(Liya Rechtman)– I was casually perusing a home friend’s Facebook (otherwise known as ‘stalking’) with some friends over […]