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March 2025

Feeling Liberated: What a Play Taught Me About Jewsplaining
How Liberation, an Off-Broadway play about second-wave feminism, helped me rethink the way I explain Jewish ideas to non-Jews.
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Fred's Favorites + ANNOUNCEMENT!
Some of my dad's favorite Jewish books, movies, and of course, actresses.
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Courage: Let the Queens Show Us How It's Done
Comparing Queens Vashti and Esther to two recent examples of antisemitism in my life.
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The Power of Voice: What Being a Woman Is To Me
The short film "A Song Without Words" is about nigunim and the power of wordless song.
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February 2025

Disability and Jewish Inclusion: Created in the Image of G-d
"I can't hide my disability, so why should I hide my Jewish identity?"
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The Brutalist: A Blueprint for Jewish Survival
Reviewing the Jewishness of Brady Corbet‘s epic film, The Brutalist.
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Some Lovely Little Tu BiShvat Poems
Two poems about trees to remind us that Judaism is deeply connected to the earth, rooted (ha) in the land, in honor of Tu BiShvat.
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The People of the Book and the Sword
An interview with the president of Legion, a NYC-based self-defense program for Jews.
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January 2025

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