One of my favorite Hebrew expressions is על טעם וריח אין להתווכח (al ta’am v’reiach ein l’hitvakeach)—“there is no point arguing about taste and smell.” If I like brussels sprouts and you don’t, what’s the use [...]

June is known as Pride Month in America as an acknowledgment of the transformational change in perception around LGBTQ+ inclusion over the past five decades since the Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969. What was [...]

These days when people list the various forms of hatred that must be eradicated, they include racism, sexism, anti-Asian bias, homophobia, and transphobia but too often they leave antisemitism off the list. Why is that? [...]

My father is a retired surgeon. Whenever he would hear about a fellow doctor opening a restaurant or some other, non healthcare related business, he’d offer up these words of caution: “Son,” he’d tell me, [...]

The other day a friend of mine who lives on the East Coast reached out to me about a disturbing email exchange she had with the head of her child’s private school. She had written [...]

John Oliver fails Natan Sharansky's “3D Test” It’s painful when someone we are a fan of disappoints us in some way. Of course we know that most relationships will include such moments but, even if [...]