Beliefs & Practices

Whenever I visit somewhere new, whether in my country of origin or somewhere foreign, I typically stand on the periphery ...

Yesterday, around the world, we Jews observed Tisha B’Av, a day of grieving the historical destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, ...

My family and friends back home were baffled when I announced that, upon graduating from college, I would be moving ...

Identity is complicated.

She wore a kippah as she opened her gemara. We were a somewhat diverse group–I come from an Orthodox background, ...

One of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons features a boy in a classroom, hand raised, as he says: “May I ...

“For they (the teachings) are our life source, and what lengthen our days, and so we meditate on them day ...

A few months ago, even though I’m afraid of heights, I joined the local rock gym. No, I had never ...

Two years ago at the ISJL Education Conference, there was a wonderful program about diversity and inclusion in our Jewish ...

As we are approach the end of the Counting of the Omer, the 49-day period between Passover and Shavuot, I’m ...

I recently came across a short story titled Miss Magdalena Peanuts, published in the Atlantic Monthly in September, 1879. It ...

My husband and I just returned from vacation, which included a stop in the Bahamas. Lucky for us, it rained. ...