Participants

Op-Ed Project Participants

Check out the many articles published by Op-Ed Project participants!

Rabbi Rachel Ain

A Rabbi’s Call To Action, E Jewish Philanthropy , 6/20/2013

Community Counts: The Power of Becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah in a Communal Setting, E Jewish Philanthropy, 1/11/2013

We Are Our Brothers’ Partners, The Jewish Week, 01/28/2014

Rabbi Elyssa Joy Auster

Headcovering Confusion at Ramah Darom, E Jewish Philanthropy, 7/31/2012

Rabbi Amy Bardack

An Antidote to Digital Overload, Shma, 6/1/2012

Candidates’ Commitment to Israel Shouldn’t Sway Voters, The Jewish Advocate, 10/26/2012

Dr. Gail Bendheim

When Fealty to Jewish Law Becomes Misogyny, The Jewish Week, 1/3/2012

Dr. Adena Berkowitz

What Bruce Springsteen Can Teach Us About Tikkun Olam, The Jewish Week, 1/27/2014

What Bruce Springsteen Can Teach Us About Tikkun Olam, The Jewish Week, 1/27/2014

Karen Berman

What Does IBM Know That Federations Don’t?, E Jewish Philanthropy, 12/12/2011

Mijal Bitton

Looking Beyond Michelle Obama and Angela Merkel, The Forward, 1/30/15

More Is Better When It Comes to Jewish Numbers, The Forward, 5/1/2015, with co-authors: Steven M. Cohen

Rabbi Deborah Bravo

Liberals Are That Way Too?, E Jewish Philanthropy, 2/1/2012

Catharine Clark

Jolt Your Community with JOFEE, The Canadian Jewish News, 3/16/2014

Pressure Russia on Gay Rights, The Canadian Jewish News, 1/20/2014

Steven M. Cohen

More Is Better When It Comes to Jewish Numbers, The Forward, 5/1/2015, with co-authors: Mijal Bitton

Stosh Cotler

If #BlackLivesMatter, Then They Matter in Our Houses of Faith First, The Huffington Post, 1/18/15

Rabbi Faith Joy Dantowitz

‘Smart’ technology makes firearms safer, New Jersey Jewish News, 6/3/2015

Suzanne Feinspan

Deepening Our Days of Service, Zeek, 1/16/15

Rabbi Lori Forman-Jacobi

‘Mommy, I Want A Day Off’, The Jewish Week, 2/10/15

Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin

On the Need for Hakarat Ha-Tov in the Jewish Community, E Jewish Philanthropy , 6/15/2013

The Changing Modern Jewish Family, E Jewish Philanthropy, 2/10/2012

Rabbi Rachel Gartner

Leave Newsweek’s Top 50 Rabbis List in Mitzrayim, Huffington Post, 4/12/2012

This Passover, We’re Standing at an Unparted Sea of Reeds, On Faith, 4/14/2014

Who Will Retell? An Interfaith Miracle, Huffington Post, 12/25/2012

Rabbi Lisa Gelber

Taking Time to Be There, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 2/6/2013

Rabbi Dr. Laura Gold

Rabbis Can Watch Out For Trouble By Looking Inward, The Jewish Week, 6/2/2015

Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg

Living Our Values, E Jewish Philanthropy, 2/29/2012

Shayna Goodman

Privilege, Day School and the Lure of the $80 Hoodie, The Forward, 4/7/15

Sara Rose Gorfinkel

Engaging Female Donors: Learning from Jewish Women’s Foundations, E Jewish Philanthropy, 3/12/2013, with co-authors: Emily Sweet

Slingshot Thoughts, E Jewish Philanthropy, 11/1/2013

Rabbi Heidi Hoover

Israel Doesn’t Want Me, The Jewish Week, 2/26/2013

Stephanie Ives

Why New Israel Fund Is Marching For Israel, The Jewish Week, 4/11/2014

Rachel Jacoby Rosenfeld

How Jewish Workplaces Can Right Gender Disparities, The Forward, 12/17/2010, with co-authors: Renanit Levy

Mamie Kanfer Stewart

No Conversion Required, Shma, 4/13/2013

Gilah Kletenik

Gender Disparity in the Clergy: Breaking the Stained Glass Ceiling, Huffington Post, 3/5/2012

Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg

Forever Young? Community Relegates Adults to ‘Kids Table’, The Jewish Week, 1/29/2013

Tikkun Olam: Ethical Mitzvot are Mitzvot, algemeiner.org, 6/7/2013

Rabbi Lauren Kurland

Human Trafficking and the Lessons of Passover, jewdub.org, 3/17/2013

Naomi Less

Gender Balance in the Jewish Spotlight, E Jewish Philanthropy, 3/1/2011

Arielle Levites

Purim, Pew and Other Godless Tales, Jewish Exponent, 3/12/2014

Renanit Levy

How Jewish Workplaces Can Right Gender Disparities, The Forward, 12/17/2010, with co-authors: Rachel Jacoby Rosenfeld

Making Room for Ima on the Bima, The Forward, 6/13/2011

Rabbi Sara Luria

Simple Love, The Times of Israel, 2/15/2015

Yardaena Osband

The Maternity Leave Mitzvah, My Jewish Learning, 3/23/15

Rori Picker Neiss

I Signed The Post-Nup. Why Haven’t You?, The Jewish Week, 1/31/2014

Rabbi Elizabeth Richman

Gender and Leadership: Small Changes, Big Results, E Jewish Philanthropy, 10/29/13

Shannon Sarna

Jewish Community: Zero?, E Jewish Philanthropy, 10/28/2010, with co-authors: Ruthie Warshenbrot

Lisa Schlaff

Women Studying Torah: Facts On The Ground, The Jewish Week, 11/23/15

Jolie Schwab

Remembering Sonia and our Obligations to Haiti, Global Voices: The Blog of American Jewish World Service, 12/7/2011

Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu

Did You See That Post on Facebook?, E Jewish Philanthropy, 7/26/2012

We Can Do It!, My Jewish Learning, 6/18/2012

Karen Sponder

$600K Question: Why are Women Earning 20K Less Per Year?, E Jewish Philanthropy, 11/11/2010

Rabbi Shira Stutman

Judaism is about what happens both inside and outside the synagogue, Washington Post, 3/2/2012

Emily Sweet

Engaging Female Donors: Learning from Jewish Women’s Foundations, E Jewish Philanthropy, 3/12/2013, with co-authors: Sara Rose Gorfinkel

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Jewish Community: Zero?, E Jewish Philanthropy, 10/28/2010, with co-authors: Shannon Sarna

Rabbi Mary Zamore

Communal Meals Without Plastic, Huffington Post, 1/15/2014