September 2016

My favorite Hasidic teaching is a teaching about prayer couched in a homily on Noah’s Ark. God tells Noah to make ...

Here’s another in our periodic Something Special About the South series! When I first moved to Jackson, Mississippi, I never ...

The month of Elul ushers in a season of repentance and forgiveness, but it's not always so simple.

From Asian challah to "Afro-Ashkefardi" chicken, these dishes will add flair to your holiday table.

This post is the second in my three-part-series on “Becoming Southern and Jewish.”Over the course of my next two years ...

Elul, which initiates the holiday countdown, is more than just a calendric alarm clock.

Young statisticians in love. Can you imagine their wedding? If you do, please don’t imagine anything stuffy or stilted. Because ...

I feel a little anxiety. A little sadness. I’m excited, but also a little helpless. For the first time, my ...

I spent the last two years learning in a beit midrash (Jewish hall of study) in Israel. My beit midrash ...

There is some irony in the observance of “Labor Day” in our country: It is a holiday acknowledging the achievements ...