Mixed Multitudes

From Slate’s weekly poem collection. Click here to listen to the author Philip Schultz read it. You are asked to ...

A couple of years ago, a teacher of mine asked my class how much television we all watched on an ...

I thought I’d heard of all the major High Holiday customs–fish heads or goat heads on the table, kaparot, and ...

This week we’re all gearing up for the big fast starting on Wednesday night, so I’ve been reviewing the rules ...

The Sway Machinery, who were the subjects of an interview in these pages right before Rosh Hashanah, are celebrating a ...

Yesterday, the US Supreme Court rejected the case of an Oregon woman who is trying to block her ex-husband from ...

It’s that time of year again. That time when I can’t decide whether to stand with my holy-but-barbaric brothers and ...

Our good friends at the Jewish Publication Society have recently published a fantastic new book.  Since WWII, Jewish armed servicemen/women ...

Rabbis for Obama.  Rabies for Obama.  Israelis for Obama?  Apparently not.A video released last week by Jewish Council for Education ...

I’m the first person to ‘fess up to my Maurice Sendak obsession — Where the Wild Things Are is the ...