Peter Fox writes on Jewish, LGBTQ and neurodiversity issues for publications including The Washington Post, Teen Vogue, Tablet and Newsweek. Since 2021, he has served as the Intergroup Relations Chair for the American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS NY board. He is a former member of the ADL NextGen Advisory Board. Follow him across social media @thatpeterfox.
Peter Fox
By Peter Fox
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Opinion Claudine Gay’s resignation from Harvard was necessary but insufficient
The bungling of campus antisemitism is not about one person’s failures, but broader moral rot at our nation's universities
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Opinion I’m an ADL advisory board member. The CEO’s tweet appeasing Elon Musk is dangerous
Giving a pass to someone who amplifies white nationalist rhetoric undermines ADL's credibility
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Opinion How a silent meditation retreat changed my view of Yom Kippur
An estimated third of non-Asian American Buddhists have Jewish ancestry. I went to see what the fuss is all about
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Opinion LGBTQ+ people gained civil rights 10 years ago — thanks to this Jewish lesbian
Remembering Edie Windsor, who paved the way for out and proud Americans like me.
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Community How Jewish community helped me grow through an adult autism diagnosis
For much of my life, I’ve seen myself as a schlemiel: the endearing Yiddish word for a socially inept person living a life patched by blunders and awkwardness. From my teenage years through college, I believed what I saw as my incompetence and lack of grace were residues of a bad personality. As it turns…
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Community Election night with my 91-year-old Bubbie
“When I wake up tomorrow, I don’t expect to know anything.” That’s what my 91 year-old Bubbie told me the morning of the election. Unlike many of us who are glued to our screens monitoring every change of the needle, my grandmother elected for an early night’s sleep after watching Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune…
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Opinion The lesson of ‘Pride’ on its 50th anniversary: People can change. Let’s use that to protect Black lives.
The first gay pride march took place in New York 50 years ago on June 28, 1970, with just a few thousand protesters in attendance. It wasn’t the decadent street festival with millions dancing to music that it is today. The first march was a courageous act by LGBTQ people of affirmation and self-declaration against…
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Community Passover with my COVID-positive grandmother
This year the themes of the Passover seder resonated differently due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For my family, it has been all the more significant because my grandmother (whom we call bubbie) is one of the many people who has the virus. In a way, we’re reliving the experience of our ancestors who were quarantined…
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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