Mixed Multitudes

-Debra Ruth Kolodny crafts “A new Ceremony of Simchat Bat,� explaining the rationale behind the process. (Ritualwell)-Rabbi Shlomi Aviner, one ...

Pirkei Avot 1:7 is a short mishnah with further advice about who to (and in this case, who not to) ...

At the end of March, I blogged a report I’d seen from Yeshiva World News about a man posing as ...

As some of you might have noticed from earlier blog posts, the synagogue I now attend is a bit old-fashioned. ...

It seems like everyone is taking advantage of new outlets online. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum of Israel, has ...

-Turkey is readying efforts to get Israel-Syria talks underway. (Haaretz)-Looking at the substantial domestic opposition to a deal with Syria ...

In this installment of From the Academy Dr. Galit Hasan Rokem, Max and Margarethe Grunwald Chair of Folklore at the Hebrew ...

Pirkei Avot 1:6 continues the conversation about social ethics, which began in Mishnah 4. 1:6 – Joshua ben Perachyah and ...

-The distinction between the Holocaust’s meanings and its facts “highlights a central issue in the broader debate about what it ...

Do you use a special toothbrush and toothpaste to brush your teeth on Shabbat? If not, it appears that you’re ...