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How would I have experienced Rosh Hashanah if I were sitting on the men’s side of the mechitza? Would it ...

  מִן-הַמֵּצַר, קָרָאתִי יָּהּ;    עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ Out of the tight place I called to the LORD; God answered me ...

“I don’t want your Paradise, I don’t want your World to Come, I want only You—You alone.” —Rabbi Schneur Zalman ...

On Shabbat, the 2nd of Av, about a week before Jews across the world fasted to mourn the destruction of ...

My favorite Hasidic teaching is a teaching about prayer couched in a homily on Noah’s Ark. God tells Noah to make ...

I feel a little anxiety. A little sadness. I’m excited, but also a little helpless. For the first time, my ...

In college I was tasked with writing a “This I Believe” essay about my guiding beliefs and values. This assignment wasn’t ...

The women wore a variety of costumes, from Disney princesses to Queen Esther herself. Listening to them read the Megillah ...

A Calypso reinterpretation of Adon Olam.

So many dead in racial violence in one short, chaotic week. Dear Lord. Dear Lord.Whose heart isn’t breaking?Some people know exactly ...

One of the most empowering things I have done since living on my own as an Orthodox Jewish “single” is ...

I come from a rather Modern Orthodox, Ashkenazi family that is composed mostly of women. The only male in my ...