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One of These Jews Is Not Like the Others: A Progressive Jew at an Orthodox Yom Kippur

Posted on September 17, 2015September 18, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay

It was raining at dusk. I decided not to ride my bike to the progressive Yom Kippur service on the Boston University campus. If I rode my bike, I would get too thirsty coming home and I wouldn’t ke... Read More

An Improvised Family: Yom Kippur with Rome’s Progressive Jews

Posted on October 17, 2014October 30, 2018 by Jenn Lindsay

Normally people do not go to Rome to refrain from eating. But it was Yom Kippur, and I was on my way to afternoon services at Beth Hillel, Rome’s new progressive Jewish community. My long walk to th... Read More

Carrying the Spirit of Christmas beyond December

Posted on January 5, 2012January 4, 2012 by Christina Yost

As I write this piece, the Christmas decorations in my house are already beginning to come down. My family took our Christmas tree down on New Year’s Eve and just a couple of days ago I helped pack ... Read More