Polina Kroik
Commentators say that mishloah manot is an exchange of gifts between equals. Needless to say that it didn’t work out that way in our school.
Commentators say that mishloah manot is an exchange of gifts between equals. Needless to say that it didn’t work out that way in our school.
Your name is who you are and that no one else can have your name until you die–this precept seems profoundly linked to what it means to be Jewish.
Although the scenes appeared as mere shadows and whispers, I couldn’t make them disappear. With age came a clearer sense of past and present. Being on stage playing Anne protected me from those fears.
What’s missing? Americans’ obligation to promote human rights around the globe.
A women’s comedy night provides a special solace in difficult times.
She put so many modern artists on the map.
Feminism, Judaism, and the wisdom of the land give me something to hold onto when I am destabilized by the effort of confronting these contradictions. Specifically, I’ve been exploring the concept of teshuvah: returning my (our) soul to its right shape, going back and making things right the best I can, and forgiving myself for all that’s torn that I can’t, for one reason or another, mend.
Creating a culture of sharing music is a way of leveling the playing field. It’s also a feminist act, inverting the hierarchies which have instilled the idea that one simply should know something.
Visibly Jewish people bearing the violent brunt of the story told about all Jews: that we are the ultimate source of people's suffering.