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This past Shabbat as I walked to synagogue for mincha, afternoon services, I was thinking about how I would introduce ...

L’chaim- to life, but to celebrate without knowing, would merely divert those from seeing my true being. You see, what ...

There is a myth that Jewish music is “always in a minor key,” and often echoes themes of pieces like ...

On January 4, my family and I were privileged to attend the final Broadway performance of the revival of Pippin ...

When I cook in my kitchen, I have a lot of company. I sometimes speak aloud to my grandmother who ...

Don’t be mad, but I am ordaining myself as a Hazzanista, which is like a cantor, barista, and fashionista rolled ...

In preparation for Hanukkah, a time in the year when we welcome in the light of hope and liberation, we ...

Looking at the award-winning photograph “Chayla in Shul” I wonder:What is Chayla thinking? Here she is. Alone in this cavernous ...

With great fanfare, David Zvi Kalman and Joshua Schwartz announced their production of a new, “egalitarian and queer-inclusive” bencher, Seder ...

We have all seen some great Vaudeville or movie clip of someone being caught unaware, getting acquainted with a 2 x 4 ...

Every year, I do my best to engage with the process of teshuvah (repentance) during the High Holidays. A few weeks ...