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Reviewing the Rabbi

Jews tend to be critical of High Holidays services, particularly when it comes to the performance of the rabbi. Quite ...

True Joy, Through Water

Canfei Nesharim, a terrific organization that works to inspire the Orthodox Jewish community to understand and act on the relationship ...

I’m too poor to daven these days.

From Craig’s List via Gawker:Come celebrate the Jewish New Year and Day of Atonement with New York’s most elite Jews. ...

What Not To Wear?

The high holidays are just around the corner. For many people, this is the only time during the year that ...

Today’s Jewel of Elul — The Sign

Todays Jewel of Elul from Craig and Co. is by Harriet Rossetto, the founder of Beit T’shuvah, the first and ...

Michael Vick Does Teshuva

It’s Elul for Michael Vick, too. After pleading guilty to charges related to his involvement in dogfighting, Vick gave a ...

Today’s Jewel of Elul — Teach Them To Swim

Today’s Jewel of Elul from Craig and Co. is by Jerome Groopman, a professor of medicine at Harvard and a ...

Jewels of Elul

With the beginning of Elul (duly noted by Lili earlier today) our friends over at Craig and Co. have unveiled ...

Elul Musings

This is my first Elul as a mother, but not my first as a daughter. WOW do I have a ...

Did You Get Your Sweetie Flowers?

Today is Tu B’av, the Jewish “Valentine’s Day.” Tu B’Av, the 15th Day of Av, is both an ancient and ...

Eicha

Cantillation or trope has always mesmerized me. I know of no other religion that has a similar system for chanting ...

Fasting on Tisha B’av

The fast day of Tisha B’av begins tonight. Like Yom Kippur, this fast lasts a full 26 hours. Argh. I ...