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One of the first things my husband (z’’l) told me about himself on that first coffee date after meeting on OKCupid — the coffee date that turned into a weekend in my tiny studio as we fell head over heels for each other — was that he was part Jewish. His grandmother had been smuggled […]

Transforming bedtime into Jewish time may provide children with an understanding that being Jewish is a way of life and a constant source of comfort.

At the moment, my Jewish status is murky.Until the age of about 19, I was completely unaware that there was even any potential question surrounding my Jewish status. My dad is Jewish, and my parents chose to convert me when I was born through the Conservative movement. For most of my life, growing up in […]

People are often shocked that I found Judaism despite being raised by Christians, being Black, and inheriting the memory of Jim Crow - but my life has been a perfect balance of pain and privilege.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But when I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? (Pirkei Avot 1:14) This quote from Rabbi Hillel is one of the most cherished aphorisms in social-action and personal-growth contexts, as well as in Judaism generally. This set of files contains three 8x10" high-resolution PDFs. Version I is my original design (ca. 2001). Version II is the 2015 update of this piece, provided in two different color palettes, Black-and-White (especially striking when printed on colored paper) or Rainbow (where the Hebrew phrases are color-coded to the English translation). The PDFs are text-only and vector-based, so they are suitable for printing at any size, including large posters. By purchasing this download, you acquire the right to print up to 30 copies total for personal or institutional use. For larger reprints or use in publications, please contact me. All three pieces are also for sale, framed or unframed, under the Talmud Quotations section of my shop.

Forty-five minutes. That’s how long it took me to say the entire grace after meals in Hebrew the first time I tried. I sat at my parents’ kitchen table and labored over each foreign syllable, determined to finish it no matter how ridiculously long it took or how weird it seemed. This is fairly representative […]

After I decided to convert to Judaism, people started asking: “Are you going in the mikveh?” They spoke with raised eyebrows, their voices dropping into a whisper at the word, mikveh, as if it was an opium den. I learned on the Internet that the mikveh is a ritual bath that some observant Jewish women …

This is a chart I use with my students to compare five major world religions-- Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. It is meant to have the students learn the basics and be able to know the major aspects of all the religions. I included a blank copy and a completed version. In my ...

I am naked. Chava, the mikveh lady, has said she’ll listen for me to enter the pool. The room contains a shower, sink, and toilet in an alcove. Think spa. In the shower, where I scrub myself clean according to directions on a laminated card, the soap smells of flowers and mint. Chava says she …

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by Corrin Barnes I am an Ashkenazi Jew. It is my culture and my heritage. In the aftermath of the attack on Capitol Hill, I’ve...

A recent post on Junior Ganymede mentions the ritual bath called a mikveh where Jews practiced ritual immersions in pools of water. The parallels to Christian baptism (which means to dip or immerse) are many. In both rituals the purpose of the immersion is a symbolic cleansing or refreshing. Ancient

Written by Theresa Corbin Of all the things our friends and families could get into, we in the West seem to fear Islam the most. Which is pretty dumb because as someone who has drug addicts and cri…