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These weeks just go by so fast. Last week, we had Tisha B’Av and lurking in the distance are those ...

Tweet One Your Love

Okay, I’m not Stevie Wonder, and chances are you aren’t, either — but let’s not forget the grand Jewish tradition ...

Tish Above

Growing up, I didn’t really know what Tisha B’av (It was pronounced Tish Above) was. I did get the sense ...

Tisha B’Av, Music, and Starbucks

Rabbi Reuven Hammer sees much present relevance to what Jeremiah had to say about the destruction of the first Temple ...

Haftarah for Vaetchanan

Finally, some words of comfort for Jerusalem and its people.

Haftarah for Devarim

Isaiah charges the people with rebellion against God.

16 Days with No Music

Sixteen days to go, that is — out of a total of 21. During the Three Weeks, we’re not supposed ...

Go to this concert! (But cover your ears.)

The excellent David Keesey — guitarist, singer, and all-around huggable dude — is playing tonight at Webster Hall with one ...

Taking the Messiah out of the Three Weeks (and Putting Joy In)

Today is the 17th of Tammuz, the day when five big catastrophes happened in Judaism:* Moses smashed the original Ten ...

Everybody Dance (and Daven) Now

You know what the shema has always been missing? Blonde girls in leggings. Also a DJ. And awkward dance moves. ...

Religiously Modest Bathing Suits

Of all the ways that fundamentalist Jewish, Muslim, and Christian women could possibly come together, modest swim suits rank at ...