Anti Semitism Archives

Feeling Unheard as a Jewish, Queer Asian Woman

Being a Jewish queer Asian woman is more emotional labor than I have the spoons for right now. It’s Pittsburgh, Orlando and...

Anti Semitism, Identity, Jews of Color, LGBTQ, Multiracial, Race

How to React When Your People’s People are Targeted

By Lauren Schreiber Sasaki

“I know you’re not a Facebook person, but I think I need you to say something,” I said to my husband the day...

Anti Semitism, Extended Family, Family, Identity, Marriage

Hanukkah Feels Different This Year

By Sarah Rizzo

In this time of news stories that cover the prevalence of anti-Semitism, we as Jews respond with sadness, tinged...

Anti Semitism, Hanukkah, Parenting

Talking to Children About Events in Pittsburgh and Anti-Semitism

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor,...

Anti Semitism, Identity, News, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

When Faith Reaches the Border

By Anna Keller

There is a photo taken by photojournalist John Moore going around the internet of a child watching her mother...

Anti Semitism, Holocaust, Motherhood, News, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

How to Discuss Anti-Semitism with Youths

By Dr. Ruth Nemzoff

Q: I am about to have Jewish grandchildren, and I am terrified! Don’t get me wrong; we love our son-in-law....

Anti Semitism, Grandparents, Young Kids

Why Be Jewish Today?

By Rabbi Keara Stein

Anti-Semitic acts have been happening in our country every day for the past couple of months. And every day...

Anti Semitism, Identity

When Will Those Who Love Speak Louder Than Those Who Hate?

By Jane Larkin

This morning, the meeting I was in at the synagogue I work at in Dallas was interrupted by one of the rabbis...

Anti Semitism

How a Symbol Proved to Me that Love Always Wins

By Debra Lipenta

I, like many people, was deeply shaken after the results of the presidential election. After feeling so hopeful...

Anti Semitism, Love

Michael Douglas Speaks Out on Anti-Semitism

By Lindsey Silken

Have you or a loved one ever had the experience of overhearing or being told something point blank that was...

Anti Semitism, Identity, Pop Culture

Naming Our Fears: When Have We Asked Too Much?

By Matt Rice

A Muslim man greeted me with “As-salamu alaykum” on Rosh Hashanah morning. Having seen the kufi-style yarmulke...

Anti Semitism, Conversion, Identity, Religion, Wedding Stories, Weddings

The White Cow

By SLP

When my kids were small they spent a considerable amount of time looking for the white cow. The white...

Anti Semitism, Parenting Stories

Resisting Anti-Semitism

By Ruth Abrams

Several people sent me links to blog about this New York Times article about how the state of Missouri wants...

Anti Semitism

Anti-Semitism Within a Review of The Believer

By Ronnie Friedland

A profoundly disturbing film, The Believer, written and directed by Henry Bean, an observant Jew, explores the...

Anti Semitism, Pop Culture

Confronting Anti-Semitism: If I Don’t Respond, Who Will?

By Paula Yablonsky

Growing up as a girl in downstate New York, I never really thought about anti-Semitism, what it was and how...

Anti Semitism, Parenting

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