Joe Roberts grew up with a Christmas tree in his Dayton Ohio home, with an abundance of gifts to open the morning of December 25. He didn’t celebrate Chanukah, Rosh Hashanah or Passover. While he knew he was Jewish, Judaism didn’t have an active presence in his house. He comes from a line of secular […]
As the United States celebrates its 245-year-old freedom, the current climate is unfortunately rife with rising anti-semitism. As anti-semitic attacks – both physical and verbal – increase in this country (targeting Orthodox Jews most commonly, though not exclusively) let us remember on this Independence Day, the promise that was made to the Jews of the […]
If I could take a guess, I would say Hasidic Judaism and lingerie don’t often go hand in hand in the minds of many out there. Often, the narrative presented in the media is that couples can only have sex through a sheet, or in shows like Unorthodox, solely at the whim of one’s husband. […]
Mazi Pilip is on the ballot for a spot in Congress. She is the Republican candidate for tomorrow’s special election after representative George Santos was ousted. The voters are from a “swing district” spanning Queens and Long Island that recently became primarily Republican in 2022 after 10 years of Democratic wins. With the recent attacks […]
January 14, 2024 marked the 100th day of the hostages being held in Gaza. On this deeply emotional day, Jewish people from all over the world came together to stand united against Hamas’ attack and combat Jewish hatred. Unfortunately, for me, as a Jewish woman, it was also a day my Jewish values were put […]
This Saturday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We’re in a time where there are people out there hijacking the phrase, “Never Again,” trying to take it away from being about Jews and making it about the Palestinians instead. The world’s oldest archive of the Holocaust in London was just vandalized with the word “Gaza” spray […]
