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Tema Smith

Toronto
As seen in: Medium, The Globe and Mail, Forward, 18Doors, The Detroit Jewish News, Jewish Boston, eJewish Philanthropy, The Canadian Jewish News
Covers:  Jewish identity, race, gender, religious institutions, Jewish demographics, disability and chronic illness, intermarriage, Jewish education.
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Opinion | Why will this time be different than all other times

Opinion | Why will this time be different than all other times

I will always remember the day my parents gave my brother "the talk." Not the one about the birds and the bee…

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After Corona | Fewer barriers, more intimacy

After Corona | Fewer barriers, more intimacy

It was during the first weekend of the lockdown that I attended my first online bat mitzvah. I happened to be…

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Opinion | Jews of Color deserve an accurate count

Opinion | Jews of Color deserve an accurate count

This weekend, eJewishPhilanthropy, the main online publication supporting the Jewish professional world, publ…

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Opinion | When a new plague exacerbates the old

Opinion | When a new plague exacerbates the old

Every year at Passover seders around the world, as families gather to recount the story of the Israelites' ex…

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Opinion | How to talk about Black anti-Semitism

Opinion | How to talk about Black anti-Semitism

December 2019: a month that the Jewish community will never forget. Though knockout attacks against Hasidic J…

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Opinion | Stop Blaming Women For The Bad Behavior Of Men Al Franken

Opinion | Stop Blaming Women For The Bad Behavior Of Men Al Franken

It was late fall 2017 when the Democratic Party was rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct against Al Fra…

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Opinion | Why Juneteenth - Which Marks The End Of Slavery - Should Be A Jewish Holiday

Opinion | Why Juneteenth - Which Marks The End Of Slavery - Should Be A Jewish Holiday

This week, African Americans will mark Juneteenth - a portmanteau of "June" and "nineteenth" - a holiday comm…

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Opinion | The Jewish Community Needs to Address Chronic Illness

Opinion | The Jewish Community Needs to Address Chronic Illness

One Yom Kippur not so long ago, I was in too much pain to stand at Ne'ilah, the closing service. I was sittin…

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Opinion | I'm Black And Jewish. Ilhan Omar's Tweet - And The Backlash - Are Tearing Me Apart

Opinion | I'm Black And Jewish. Ilhan Omar's Tweet - And The Backlash - Are Tearing Me Apart

Yesterday, I opened my Twitter timeline to find friends, allies, and colleagues pitting racism and anti-Semit…

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Opinion | Are Jews White? American History Says It's Complicated

Opinion | Are Jews White? American History Says It's Complicated

The first time someone told me I was white, I was seven years old. Three of my friends, all of them light-ski…

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Opinion | What The Women's March Can Learn From Marc Lamont Hill

Opinion | What The Women's March Can Learn From Marc Lamont Hill

Last Wednesday, Temple University professor and former CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill gave a now-infamous s…

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Exploiting the Holocaust has become all too acceptable in Canada

Exploiting the Holocaust has become all too acceptable in Canada

In a 2011 lecture delivered to the National Task Force on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, Prof…

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Engaging Interfaith Families during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond - eJewish Philanthropy

Engaging Interfaith Families during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond - eJewish Philanthropy

By Tema Smith As we move through the second month of COVID-19 closures, all across the Jewish professional wo…

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Opinion | Why will this time be different than all other times

Opinion | Why will this time be different than all other times

I will always remember the day my parents gave my brother "the talk." Not the one about the birds and the bee…

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