Mixed Multitudes

I am a slacker, but a repentant one. The tashlich ceremony, where we ask forgiveness by praying at the water, ...

In his last posts, Gal Beckerman wrote about barbecuing with hijackers and his other baby. His first book, When They ...

One of my favorite parts of Yom Kippur (there are oh so many more) is watching kids in synagogue trying ...

Just spent way more time than I realized on the phone with some folks at National Geographic, who are planning ...

On Monday, Gal Beckerman wrote about barbecuing and hijackers. first book, When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The ...

On the face of things, when your rabbi tells you that you that he can make your Yom Kippur fast ...

Did you know that when the British were in charge of Palestine it was illegal to blow a shofar or ...

Hanging out with my brothers eventually leads to a discussion about basketball–specifically, about the Sacramento Kings. This weekend, when I ...

In Torah times, when someone accidentally killed another person, the victim’s family was allowed to make a revenge killing. The ...

Is the Kaparot ceremony a “mere superstition?” (Arutz Sheva)To get the most from Neilah, you need some “Neilah training.” Here’s ...

Gal Beckerman‘s first book, When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry, will ...

It’s only a few hours until Rosh Hashanah, and I am well into my predictable freak out about having enough ...