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Peter Geffen: “[It’s] one of those borders where I can go this far but can’t go further.” (5/22/18)
Face-to-face(s) with Peter Geffen, founder of my gap year program. On dreams, liberalism, and activism: what we think we understand about...


Rabbi Haim (formerly Jaime) Casas: "Why do I have to limit myself?" (3/8/18)
Rabbi Haim Casas is the first Spanish-born rabbi of Andalusia since Spain's passing of the infamous 1492 Edict of Expulsion. Casas has...


Lessons from Dharamshala
My looong overdue reflection on my trip to Dharamshala and the town's Tibetan Buddhist community. artwork by Gabrielle Amar. It’s been...


Rabbi/Raba/Maharat/Rav Rahel Berkowitz: “I am a woman, and I am me, and I don’t know.” (1/30/18)
Face to face(s) with the Orthodox world's second female rabbi. On the controversy I just espoused by using that term, on the oxymoronic...
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Gabriel Negrin, Chief Rabbi of Greece: “The [Jewish] future has to be in the diaspora.” (12/4/17)
Face to face(s) -- in the middle of the night -- with the Chief Rabbi of Greece, Rabbi Gabriel Negrin. I reflect on our interview in the...


Shaban and the Albanian Muslim Community: Reimagining Our Humanity
Albania left me with a lot to reflect on, especially on the roles of nationalism and secularism in identity. Pictured: the son of an...


Ida Finci: "Everything that is happening is interesting." (11/27/17)
What is it that makes politics so personally painful? I explore this question while reflecting on my interview [full link at bottom] with...


Udi Lion: "Living in conflict is harmonious." (11/6/17)
Face to face(s) with one of Israel's leading filmmakers and iconoclasts. portrait by Gabrielle Amar A religious, cultural and political...
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