Kate Bigam is a trained journalist, a social media maven and an
avid pursuer of social justice. Though she grew up as one of only two
Jewish students in a large, suburban-Ohio high school, she is now proud
to say that some of her best friends are Jewish - which sounds like the
punchline of a joke but isn't! Though she was always loud, liberal and
opinionated, Kate honed all three traits while living in Washington,
DC., where she fought for civil rights, human rights, and various other
rights of vital importance. She can most often be found blogging
prolifically, watching "Law & Order: SVU" reruns, and pointing out
societal injustices to unsuspecting friends, family and whomever else
will listen.
I was really wary of watcing HBO's new female-driven comedy, "Girls." I'd heard a lot of not-great reviews and was afraid it would read like an emo version of "Sex and the Ci
Tonight marks the fourth night of Passover, and you’re probably running low on leftovers from the first two nights’ seders (if you had any to begin with). Fear not!
The significance of meeting a Holocaust survivor while on my way to visit Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial, is not lost on me – but that’s what happened to me two weeks ago
I happen to think “Leslie Wunderman” would’ve been a fine stage name, conjuring up images of a sort of Jewish Wonderwoman, but I guess ‘90s pop star Taylor Dayne didn’t agree.
