By Antar Davidson Some partnerships begin long before anyone realizes their future impact. That’s true for my connection with Kosha Dillz, which goes back to my early days rapping in college. A rabbi first introduced me to Kosha’s music, and when I later moved to New Jersey for yeshiva, I made it a point to find him. He was the first Jewish rapper I had ever met — someone who balanced identity, humor, and honesty in a way that made hip-hop feel like a space where cultural pride could exist...

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Dr. Ben Chavis—author, theologian, educator, pastor, preacher, and Chair of Spill the Honey—preached from the pulpit of Duke University Chapel, where he now serves as a professor. The moment carried profound historical weight. Forty-seven years earlier, on MLK Day, Dr. Chavis had preached from that same pulpit while he was a divinity student at Duke Divinity School—and while he was unjustly incarcerated as part of the Wilmington Ten. In his sermon, Dr. Chavis...

Bella Hirsch’s Brisket  “As you might imagine, my mother did most of the cooking in our home and Bella was an incredible cook. Even though she herself grew up in extreme poverty and suffered severe hunger as a child, she became a natural in the kitchen and cooked many ‘Eastern European Jewish’ foods (borscht, stuffed cabbage, cholent, chicken soup). But, she also became a gourmet chef and cooked dishes from around the world.” - Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, daughter of Bella and Dick and...