movies – Doing Jewish

July 8, 2022

From the Marrakesh to the Sahara: A Desert Journey, Spanish Travelers, and Tracing Jewish History in the Ancient Hills 🐪

A road trip from Marrakesh to the Sahara: Camels, COVID, new friends—and History

Wandering Jew 5 min read

July 17, 2020

046 | Unorthodox, One of Us, Shtisel: My Orthodox Netflix Crash-Course

It’s peak Netflix in general, but also for Jewish and Haredi content. Here’s what I learned. One of Us Netflix, 2017 (Yiddish, English) Netflix documentary One of Us highlights the plights of ultraorthodox Jews who fled the community and like Esty in Unorthodox (below), didn’t exactly leave easily. One lives in a camper in LA, another faces terrible harassment and […]

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 4 min read

May 15, 2020

039: G?d, G!d, and G-d: Who you gonna wrestle?

What does Judaism traditionally believe about the big man? For starters, not a man.

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 6 min read

April 8, 2020

035: Pop culture moment: Sukkah-in-Place, Urchatz, the Ides, and Passover

Our Pharaoh is shrugging at the plagues, telling us to go back to work on the Pyramids, and Christian Bale is nowhere to be found.

Conversion Process and Personal Stories 7 min read

January Mad Mensch: Month in Review

So much happened in such little time. Inside: Hostages come home. JVP Watch. ProSemitic. JudeaPedia. And more

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450 Days

Our People Have Been In the Dark for an Unfathomable Time.

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Thank You! Initial Israel Goal Met - And An Update

Your Support Helped Me Get to a First Goal—So Amazing.

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December Mad Mensch: Month In Review

So much happened in such little time. Inside: 🎗️🇮🇱 Hostages endured 450 unthinkable days ✡️ JVP Watch (Jewish Voices) and Judeapedia: G is for Genocide 🕎 Hanukkah in New York City Below, scroll through any Instagram post or click it to open the app. Get all this first by following. 450 Days 🎗️ An unimaginable marker, passing the Iran hostage…

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