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The Jewish Writing Project title: The Jewish Writing Project | Exploring what it means to be Jewish

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by Miriam Bassuk (Seattle, WA) I come from wandering Jews, merchants, lawyers, teachers, grocery store owners. I come from those who rode steerage slept above deck in turbulent seas, walked miles as young teens to depart from Bremen, Germany leaving … Continue readin...

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by Jahan Khan (Melbourne, Australia) It’s sometime in Autumn, 2023, and I’m at Jeffery’s Bookshop, utterly moved to tears by a cookbook of all things. The shop attendant checks in on me, and I look at her and say, “My … Continue reading →

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by Lillian Farzan-Kashani (Santa Monica, CA) Here I am Watering the memories Of reunions & separations Love and grief And surely all in between While some have been able to exhale Following October 8th I fear it’s a facade Tension … Continue reading →

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by Herbert Munshine (Great Neck, NY) It’s been my experience  that various congregations  often feel they are the true Jews and look down upon other divisions of Judaism as not being holy enough.  I find this disappointing, given  the abundance of …

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