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Carole Balin

Carole Balin

Carole Balin began her career as a rabbi, ordained at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and then went on to earn her PhD in Jewish history at Columbia University.

https://qa.jwa.org/rabbis/narrators/balin-carole
headshot of Rabbi Charley Baginsky

Charley Baginsky

Charley Baginsky has been passionate about the Liberal Jewish movement since childhood. She served as a youth leader and educator with LJY-Netzer, which led to her increased involvement with the movement as she grew into adulthood.

https://qa.jwa.org/rabbis/narrators/baginsky-charley
Headshot of Rabbi Talia Avnon-Benveniste

Talia Avnon-Benveniste

The great-great-granddaughter of one of the great Hasidic rabbis, Rabbi Levi Isaac of Berdichev, Talia Avnon-Benveniste grew up secular on a kibbutz.

https://qa.jwa.org/rabbis/narrators/avnon-benveniste-talia
headshot of Rabbi Toba August

Toba August

As a member of the first class of women to be ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, Toba August recognizes the power of educators to shape the next generation of Jewish leaders.

https://qa.jwa.org/rabbis/narrators/august-toba
headshot of Rabbi Camille Angel

Camille Angel

As one of the first gay rabbis to be hired by a mainstream synagogue, Camille Angel has worked tirelessly to make Judaism and Judaic texts welcoming and germane for LGBTQ Jews.

https://qa.jwa.org/rabbis/narrators/angel-camille
Map of Europe, 1923
January 7, 2020

Reflections on the 2019 UK Election: Antisemitism in Europe

Emily-Rose Baker

In the aftermath of the 2019 UK election, let's talk about antisemitism in Europe.

Topics: Antisemitism, Politics and Government
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/reflections-2019-uk-election-antisemitism-europe
Sunrise over the Kinneret in Israel. Figure in the foreground on rocks.
January 6, 2020

"A Light unto the Nations": The Power of our Words

Lilah Peck

My Judaism guides me to use my words in order to lead a mindful life of gratitude.

Topics: Prayer
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/power-our-words
DNA Double Helix
December 26, 2019

"Jewish DNA"

Belle Gage

My aunt sent a tube to the DNA analyzing company, 23andMe. The results she received identified her as 99% Ashkenazi Jew.

Topics: Activism, Religion
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/jewish-dna
Open book with flipping pages. Black background.
December 26, 2019

Confronting White Privilege: A Reflection on Affirmative Action

Ari Fogel

As I learned more about what affirmative action really means for students, my worries turned into a sobering recognition of my privilege.

Topics: Civil Rights, Education
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/confronting-white-privilege-reflection-affirmative-action
Mrs. Maisel Season 3
December 26, 2019

Review: "Mrs. Maisel" Season 3

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

How does season three of Mrs. Maisel stack up?

Topics: Television, Comedy
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/review-mrs-maisel-season-3
#MeToo Scrabble blocks
December 24, 2019

The Work of a Movement: #MeToo and Vicarious Trauma

Emily-Rose Baker

#MeToo is not just an ephemeral social media phenomenon. It's a movement, and movements require work.

Topics: Feminism, Women's Rights
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/work-movement-metoo-and-vicarious-trauma
Pencil with sharpener resting on a notebook.
December 23, 2019

Magnet School

Maddy Pollack

If tikkun olam is something that we believe in fully, then our work will not be complete until every student is empowered with an equitable education.

Topics: Activism, Education, Politics and Government
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/magnet-school
Gun violence rally, Boston, August 2019
December 19, 2019

As Jews, How Do We Think about Gun Violence?

Ruth Zakarin

For the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, gun control is an evergreen issue.

https://qa.jwa.org/blog/jews-how-do-we-think-about-gun-violence
United States Capital, featuring Christmas tree in foreground.
December 18, 2019

A Culture of Christmas

Ellanora Lerner

What does it mean to live in a country that purports secularity but considers Christianity to be the default?

Topics: Schools, Politics and Government, Religion
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/culture-christmas
Jewish Women of Color Marching
December 17, 2019

Top Ten Moments for Jewish Women in 2019

Judith Rosenbaum

JWA CEO Judith Rosenbaum lists her top ten moments for Jewish women in 2019.

Topics: Jewish History
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/top-10-moments-jewish-women-2019
Checklist, checked boxes with a pink highlighter.
December 13, 2019

Checked Boxes

Shoshanna Hemley

I’ve been told that, because I’m not white and because I’m queer, I don’t have to stress about college applications.

Topics: Activism, Education, Religion
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/checked-boxes
Tarot cards
December 12, 2019

Divination: It’s More Jewish Than You Think

Sophie Hurwitz

These days, everyone at my college seems to be interested in tarot card reading.

Topics: Ritual
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/divination-its-more-jewish-you-think
Neima Fax reading from the Torah.
December 11, 2019

The Aliyah Situation

Neima Fax

That Simchat Torah, I saw the Torah not as something I had easy access to, but something generations of women had to fight to even touch.

Topics: Simchat Torah, Judaism-Orthodox
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/aliyah-situation
Tiffany Shlain with "Technology Shabbats" sign
December 10, 2019

Tech Shabbat: Seeing the Light

Tiffany Shlain

Author Tiffany Shlain shares lessons she's learned from practicing "Tech Shabbat" for over 10 years.

Topics: Ritual, Non-Fiction
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/tech-shabbat-seeing-light
Photograph of Persian Jewish man, sepia tone.
December 9, 2019

Airport Insecurity

Sasha Azizi Rosenfeld

Everything about me screamed American Ashkenazi Jew except the middle name on my passport.

Topics: Family, Israel
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/airport-insecurity
A man and woman stand in the snow looking at a notepad
December 5, 2019

Review: Lifetime's "Mistletoes and Menorahs"

Rabbi Leah Berkowitz

Rabbi Leah Berkowitz breaks down her eight favorite and least favorite things about Lifetime's Mistletoes and Menorahs, and talks to screenwriter Guy Yosub.

Topics: Hanukkah, Television
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/review-lifetimes-mistletoes-and-menorahs
old television
December 3, 2019

Sitting Shiva for TV

Ilana Diamant

To lose a character to death or a show to the fickle whims of network executives is devastating.

Topics: Television, Ritual
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/sitting-shiva-tv
Talmud opened to seder zera'im.
November 27, 2019

"Lo Bashamayim Hi": Reconciling Feminism and Halakha

Dahlia Soussan

Talmud became a channel for me to develop and express my Jewish feminism.

Topics: Women's Rights, Talmud
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/lo-bashamayim-hi-reconciling-feminism-and-halakha
Black and white cookies
November 26, 2019

Black and White: The Perfect Cookie

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Sure you've had black and white cookies, but have you made them?

Topics: Food Writing
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/black-and-white-perfect-cookie
Young woman standing next to brick wall, wearing ankle-length blue skirt with red striped pattern and a Vans shirt underneath a jean jacket. Signs photoshopped into the image next to the young woman in English and Hebrew read: "Please do not pass through our neighborhood in immodest clothes"
November 25, 2019

Wonder Woman's Hemline

Lilah Peck

The length of your hemline doesn’t matter as long as you choose it for yourself and you accept those who choose differently.

Topics: Women's Rights, Jewish Law
https://qa.jwa.org/blog/risingvoices/wonder-womans-hemline

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