Author: Joshua Nodiff

So you want to talk to your parents about politics. That’s great! It’s really important to get involved in democracy, especially given the state of ...

I know we all have different beliefs, that is apparent, but the longer you talk to someone, the more we realize we are all alike. No ...

This is a playlist of songs to make Election Day a little easier for everyone! You can listen to it while waiting in line at ...

If you haven’t had the opportunity to experience the proximity of community over Zoom, we encourage you to participate in the coming days. We understand ...

Midnight Run coordinates over 1,000 relief missions per year, in which volunteers from churches, synagogues, schools, and other civic groups distribute food, clothing, blankets, and ...

In a moment—in a single interaction—the ground can shift, altering how we experience ourselves, our loved ones, our community, and our world.

For months, while the refugee crisis dominated the news, I wanted to help in some concrete way, yet I was overwhelmed by the magnitude of ...

In conversation recently, someone asked me, “what does Judaism mean to you?” I responded, “It is my home in this world.” It came out so ...

When I began seriously reading about Judaism in my early teens, I never felt like I was reading about a foreign group. Instead, the entire ...

My parents were from Puerto Rico, and I grew up in a predominantly Latino and African American neighborhood in the Bronx. Though I grew up ...

Prayer: I would start there. Heschel writes that prayer is a radical act; prayer demands we remove the blinders covering our eyes—and our souls—throw convention ...

I wrote the following words more than three years ago; an excerpt from the D’var Torah at my Bat Mitzvah: In Parashat Tetzaveh the Israelites ...

Ever since I was a young girl, I felt a strong sense of relationship with God. I was raised Catholic and I was lucky that ...

I was born in Mexico City, where it felt like being Mexican was synonymous with being Catholic. Growing up, I was never forced to participate ...

One day, when my mother was 11, her father did not come home from work. He had been arrested and detained for being a Jew. ...