December 2014

Why Are We Called the Children of Israel and Not Jacob?

As a Jew, do I respond to the needs of the stranger as I am repeatedly commanded to do so? ...

Yes, You Can Be In Two Places At Once

Recently, Southern Sunday School students did a program on Jewish heroes. The students were having a great time, collaborating, playing ...

An Orthodox-Friendly, Egalitarian Bencher: Something Old, Something Very New

With great fanfare, David Zvi Kalman and Joshua Schwartz announced their production of a new, “egalitarian and queer-inclusive” bencher, Seder ...

Rolling My Vegetarian Eyes with Sasha and Malia

Teenagers Sasha and Malia Obama couldn’t keep a straight face during the annual Turkey Pardon Ceremony.Thank God for their commentary ...