On Identity

Identity

Ideas

New Jews: The End of the Jewish Diaspora

Exploring global Judaisms and Jewish homelands.

By Caryn Aviv and David Shneer

Personal Reflections on My Jewish Identity

Notes on doubt, morality
and the bible as metaphor.

By Alan Dershowitz

What's Left of a Jew Who Has

Abandoned Religion? (A lot.)

An excerpt from

Confessions of a Secular Jew.

By Eugene Goodheart

Digging for Roots at Secular Summer Camp

A secular Jew finds her place in a non-traditional Jewish world.

By Katie Halper

Is There Such A Thing as "Jewish Identity"?

Research has not always acknowledged
the fluidity of Jewish identity.
By Debra Kaufman

Queen Esther

My Jewish Grandmother spoke Arabic.

By Vanessa Hidary

Being a Secular Jew in Israel

A brief history of the politicization of secular Judaism in Israel.
By Dan Mahler

Culture is the glue to unite

the many strands of Jewishness

Who is a Jew? The recent Supreme Court ruling has highlighted the deep differences between the many ways of answering that simple question.

By Felix Posen

Back to the Future

Re-embracing core traditions to
create a modern Judaism.

By Douglas Rushkoff

Song of My Secular Self

Humor, intelligence and love of a good sale. Author Lauren Sandler explores her Jewish identity.

By Lauren Sandler

Reflections on a Belated Apostasy

Even as a kid, Naomi Seidman knew that there was a Jewish world beyond her Brooklyn shtetl.

By Naomi Seidman

Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier on life after death, and Jewish stereotypes.

By Jesse Tisch

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