Planning to Send Your Kids to School this Fall? It’s Complicated
August 5, 2020
No one wants to risk getting sick if school reopens, but with most kids home since March, there’s only so much parents can take.
Tabby Refael
Tabby Refael (@TabbyRefael on X and Instagram) is an award-winning writer, speaker, and weekly columnist.
The Day I Got Tested for COVID-19
July 28, 2020
I never thought I’d feel so alive waiting to be tested for a deadly virus and I wanted to kiss the sky because my symptoms were manageable.
For 30 Years, I Thought I Was Sephardic. I Was Wrong.
July 22, 2020
I knew I wasn’t Ashkenazi, so for nearly 30 years, I thought I was Sephardic. I wasn’t alone.
Los Angeles Needs Safe Spaces for Jewish Foster Children
July 15, 2020
So many Jewish parents who face crises worry about losing their kids to the government foster care system, so they stay silent. We really wanted to help.
Set Up to Fail: The Liability of Being a Jew on Campus
July 7, 2020
Sephardic, Mizrahi and Jewish students of color can play a huge role in taking back the Jewish voice.
What It’s Like to Have Forefathers
July 3, 2020
What could I, whose family had lived in the Middle East for 2,700 years, have in common with men who likely had never met a Persian?
Can Iran’s Ayatollah Tweet About Cats?
June 15, 2020
A tweet related to the country of 82 million people he rules probably would be more relevant.
Persian and Jewish. American and Persian. Jewish and American.
June 9, 2020
There’s a challenge in having been born into the gloriously accommodating arms of American assimilation.
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