by JOCSM | Sep 19, 2017 | Essay |
(Love & hate) By Anonymous My story starts in a refugee camp outside my land. I never had friends from childhood because I moved a lot from place to place. I read a lot of books about our revolution – but there were just two words that stuck in my head:... 
by JOCSM | Mar 27, 2017 | Analysis, Essay, Organizing |
By Sydney Levy Last month, I found myself praying at the Wailing Wall — but I was not in Jerusalem. I was at the wall that separates San Diego from Tijuana. It is a metal structure that extends eastward as far as the eye can see into the horizon, and that dips... by JOCSM | Dec 22, 2016 | Essay |
By Andrew Kadi A few days ago, I was on a flight from Canada to the U.S. sitting next to an African-American family. The husband, seated in front of me, appeared to be wearing a religious cap with a blue & white menorah on it. The wife was sitting next to me with... by JOCSM | Oct 17, 2016 | Essay |
By Sapir Sluzker-amran Uncle Sadiq is dead. Five years ago on Yom Kippur, when I lived with grandma and grandpa, I went with them to the synagogue for Iraqi Jews, which was a kind of small community center that underwent a transformation for the High Holidays—not...