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Finding My Religion

I went to a Modern Orthodox elementary school. For eight years I learned Hebrew (Modern and biblical), participated in Shabbat onegs ...

It’s almost time for Purim, so no better way to start Shabbat than with this creative recipe for Hamantaschen Challah!I ...

Those of us who fall under the general rubric of “believers” may feel a sense of God’s presence in our ...

I’ve thought a lot about Isaac Babel’s lovely characterization of the Jew as a man with “[s]pectacles on his nose and ...

As I write today’s blog entry on Tu Bishvat, I’m sitting in my home office looking at the piles of ...

Happy Tu Bishvat! Today we celebrate the birthday of the trees by eating fruit, nuts, grains, and other things that ...

Tuesday night is Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees. To celebrate it, our great friend and supporter Edgar ...

Its the Shabbat before the Superbowl, and it’s probably time to make sure you get in a few extra servings ...

A fruity cake recipe for the birthday of the trees.

Generally, our minds have no problem with coming up with lots of ideas — it’s fairly easy for us to ...

After hours of excruciating labor, the sweetest sound that can be heard is that of a crying baby. That first ...

On January 9, 2011, a sweet singer of Israel, Debbie Friedman, passed away. While her Hebrew yahrzeit is at the ...