Partner Blogs

Along with the nation, we mourn for the loss of life at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. We mourn, too, ...

This week, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchange ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution of the author. Today, ...

Looking for a day school that offers materials listing “Parent 1/Parent 2” instead of “Mother/Father”?Want to find a synagogue that ...

At first, it seemed crazy: writing the histories of 55 different Texas Jewish communities for our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. The ...

I am not really the kind of person who recommends books. I periodically review them, but that’s different. They get ...

Talking to Joy Ladin is like speaking with your favorite professor from college — the one who wove words in ...

This week’s Torah portion begins with Moses’s request to enter the Promised Land.Deuteronomy 323. And I pleaded with the Lord ...

Prayer is a very personal and private thing. In fact, to be honest to a fault, let me say that ...

It’s not a stretch to call it an Internet sensation — a gorgeous music video about two (same-sex) swans who ...

This is real and you are completely unprepared!What? Just the thought strikes panic in my heart. I like to be ...

This past May I published an essay in The New York Times titled “Do the Jews Own Anxiety?” Not long afterward, ...

Each week Jews read sections of the Torah, known as parshiyot, inspiring endless examination year after year. Each week we we ...

I’m going to be busy this coming week. I’m heading to Israel, England, Iran, Canada, China and Jamaica. There will ...

It’s summertime, and the days are long —what better time to catch up a little on your reading? Writer Chanel ...

In my last post, I described the technical difficulties that occurred when I appeared on Talk of the Nation earlier this ...