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Just As Queen Esther, McDormand Wielded Power By Realizing She Has It
By using the phrase, "inclusion rider," Frances McDormand reminded us of the power we already possess and how important it is to use it.
Beth Kissileff is the co-editor of the anthology Bound in the Bond of Life: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy, author of the novel Questioning Return and the editor of the anthology Reading Genesis. Her writing has appeared in the Atlantic, Michigan Quarterly Review, New York Times, Tablet, the Forward, 929English and Haaretz, among others. Visit her online at www.bethkissileff.com.
By using the phrase, "inclusion rider," Frances McDormand reminded us of the power we already possess and how important it is to use it.
Bari Weiss incorporates her deep love of Judaism into pieces that have a wider appeal.
Reading Jewish texts can help us become more empathetic.
Professor Barry Holtz gives insight into Rabbi Akiva's teachings about the transcendent power of ideas in his new book, Rabbi Akiva: Sage of the Talmud.
The recipes in Joan Nathan's new cookbook each have strong connections to Jewish history.
The Unofficial Hogwarts Haggadah uses the magic of Harry Potter to engage children in the meaning behind the Passover story.
Parallels between cooking and life are discovered when a mother teaches her daughter how to prepare Shabbat dinner.
A meditation on selling a home, and the moments the seemingly simple seems, to us, like a miracle.