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Women’s Voices: The Path to Religious Freedom
Is it kosher to listen to Neshama Carlebach in concert? Go to an opera where women are singing solos? Enjoy ...
The Friday the Rabbi Made Challah
A couple of years ago, I attended a young adult challah-baking event here in Austin. Some of the young women ...
Sleeping on Felix Frankfurter’s Couch
Joshua Henkin’s new novel, The World Without You, is now available.I want to talk a little more about my family of ...
How Did I End up Doing This?
Joshua Henkin’s new novel, The World Without You, is now available. For a long time I wanted to be a fiction ...
Rock and Roll
This is a guest post by Rabbi Darby Leigh.It was 1984 when Dee Snider first asked me what I wanted ...
Are You a Jewish Writer?
First of all, I want to open up my week of blogging by saying how happy I am to be ...
Blessings beyond borders – an interfaith tale
Last Saturday evening I was given an opportunity to be part of a truly wonderful celebration – the Sweet 16 ...
Shavuot Recipe: Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
Before you head off into the wonders/horrors of a three day yom tov there’s still time for one more dairy ...
Stay Up All Night With This Dessert
It’s customary to stay up all night learning Torah on the first night of Shavuot. Though I used to pull ...
Shavuot Recipe: Green Apple Blintz
Blintzes have had a long and happy relationship with Shavuot. As I mentioned yesterday, Shavuot and cheese go together like ...
Shavuot Recipe: Mediterranean Tartlet
When in doubt, break out the puff pastry. Easy to work with, and always yielding a mouth-watering result, you really ...
Shavuot is coming! Shavuot is coming!
When we moved to Chicago, my roommate and I decided we wanted to have a dairy-only kitchen. We had a ...