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At the Golda Och Academy, students organized a memorial service in addition to a walkout. (Courtesy of Golda Och Academy)
Students around the country walked out of class for 17 minutes at 10 a.m. March 14 to pressure Congress to approve gun control legislation and to honor the lives of the 17 victims of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Ryan Deitsch speaking at the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee, Feb. 21, 2018. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
Ryan Deitsch is among a handful of students leading the Never Again movement, which seeks to prevent future school shootings, advocates for gun reform and is organizing the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., later this month.
Read More“They filmed, and I was openly gay in the film, and Netflix made them take it out and when they told me about it I was like ‘OK,’ but I didn’t get a choice. It wasn’t like I could say ‘no’ or ‘yeah.'” –Etty Ausch
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Esther Thorpe, left, identifies as non-binary and had a gender-neutral b'nei mitzvah ceremony with the help of student rabbi Gabriel Webber. (Courtesy of Miriam Taylor Thorpe)
“What we’re seeing now is that there are families and there are congregations that are very open to exploring with the kids that are becoming bar and bat mitzvah how they want to be identified.” –Rabbi Leora Kaye
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The #ShareHerStory campaign highlights Jewish women of color, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews who are community leaders. (Courtesy of #ShareHerStory)
A new online campaign highlights the stories of Jewish women who identify as Sephardi, Mizrahi and women of color.
Read MoreThe assortment of menu items — random as it may seem — tells the story of the eatery’s owner, Beejhy Barhany, an Ethiopian Jew who moved here by way of Israel.
Read MoreThe Foundation for Jewish Camp has seen camps increasingly catering to kids with dietary limitations, such as gluten allergies and sensitivities and lactose intolerance.
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Sawyer Goldsmith is the religion/education vice president for the international board of USY. (Courtesy of USY)
Sawyer Goldsmith hopes his recent election to serve as religion/education vice president on USY’s international board, the first time an openly transgender person has been voted to the board, will show others who may not be as comfortable that they belong.
Read MoreSouth Korea’s Chabad emissary is setting up a pop-up restaurant in Pyeongchang County, the site of the 2018 Winter Olympics. During the Olympics, which start on Feb. 9, the temporary eatery will serve three meals daily, including Korean-style bulgogi beef, schnitzel, hot dogs and vegetarian items.
Read MoreBari Weiss’ willingness to defy the feminist consensus, both in her own writing and the articles she commissions, has earned her both praise and vilification.
Read MoreGathering in Jacqueville, a coastal town in the country known in English as the Ivory Coast, the community members answered questions in front of a rabbinical court, or beit din, whose members flew in from Israel and the United States.
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