Beliefs & Practices

We read in Pirke Avot, the Ethics of the Sages: “Who is happy?” The answer: “The one who is satisfied ...

I recently began studying a new book with my chevruta (study partner), Musar HaTorah v’aYahadut, written by Rabbi Aharon Shmuel ...

Since I was a little kid growing up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, I’ve always known that I was somehow different ...

As an irrepressible, even relentless, optimist, I hold great hope for Jewish life in America. I wonder if that is because ...

Last week, Kveller, a partner site of MyJewishLearning, published a provocative piece about one woman’s experience being Jewish in the ...

As a rabbi who is blessed with the humbling privilege of leading her congregation, after the High Holy Days have ...

For the sin we have sinned before you in excluding women from leadership positionsFor the sin we have sinned before ...

Ten of us walked to the creek, each one carrying her own trepidation, confusion, and curiosity. We represented different approaches ...

Do you ever watch British TV? I am a fan, a huge fan, especially of the stories that disclose, in episodes ...

There are three (types) of people the Holy One loves: One who does not get angry. One who does not ...

On Feb. 28, 2012, 5 Adar, my entire world changed. My first child was born. My center of gravity moved ...

Laws of family purity and sex should be private, but can they be too private?Some of this post contains adult ...