One of the most common mis-perceptions I run into about being Jewish is that being born into the “tribe” is the only way one can be Jewish.

Just when I have made a commitment to myself and signed on to Bishop Sponge’s manifesto to not discuss or engage in the ridicules and tiresome debates concerning LGBTQ issues and the religious and or political right, a small town in Mississippi drags me right back into the middle of the fray.