Mixed Multitudes

What is a shofar? What do its calls — tekiah, shevarim, teruah — mean? Why does it send a chill ...

So, apparently I like to blog about: sex, independent minyanim, text study, mourning, and Hitler. For those of you who ...

This is one of those questions that most writers are inevitably asked. For me, the answer is different every time.The ...

I’m a lifelong Camp Ramah guy. I find the institution fascinating on a number of levels, including its use of ...

I hardly need an excuse to write more about Leonard Cohen, the observant Jew/Zen Buddhist monk/poet laureate of our dreams ...

For the month of Elul, I’ve been trying to get myself into shape. One of the things that Rebbe Nachman ...

All that talk about possible freezes on Jewish construction near and in east Jerusalem is meaningless, reports Abe Selig, because ...

I remember the first time I saw Kosher Salt listed as an ingredient in a recipe I was making. It ...

Nefesh B’Nefesh is getting in the matchmaking game to the surprise of approximately no one. This Ynet article discusses a ...

Suzanne Last Stone serves as University Professor of Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization at the Cardozo School of Law at ...