Articles written by Emma Silvers
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Jewish American Priestess: Kohenet Institute ordains women
Seated cross-legged in the sunny backyard of her north Oakland home, wearing loose, tie-dyed pants, beads around her neck, her hair in tousled braids and sipping kombucha tea—her drum is tucked a...
Kvell on wheels: Roller derby star Fatal Dreidel
There are still about 10 minutes until the match starts, but the noise from the sellout crowd inside the Oakland (Calif.) Convention Center has reached a dull roar. As the anticipation builds, referee...
Eyes of a generation: Beat poet Ginsberg's snapshots of his friends
In 1976, Steve Silberman, then a 19-year-old freshman at Oberlin College, took a bus to New York City to see Allen Ginsberg read. With Silberman was his first boyfriend. Silberman had been in the closet throughout high school, one of many reasons he...
