Jewish Texts

Mazel Tov, Young Graduates!You’ve done it! Your hard work has paid off. We put hoop after hoop in front you, ...

In Pirkei Avot 2:10 we are taught that Rabbi Eliezer said, יהי כבוד חברך חביב עליך כשלך “Let your neighbor’s dignity be precious ...

Last night, as the Republican debate began, a Facebook friend wrote that she was having her own internal debate about ...

I’m thinking a lot about Shabbat candle lighting nowadays, in part because I’m awaiting the birth of my first grandchild ...

Purim is the one day of the year I feel empowered in my community. The rest of the year, services ...

Meesh: Back then, in biblical times, the ceiling was not glass, and I don’t think Esther or Ruth made any attempt ...

I wasn’t in the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial when Dr. Martin Luther King gave his great oration, and I ...

I am learning the laws of niddah, laws that relate to menstruation and sexuality, with a group of women. It has ...

This year Tu Bishvat begins at sundown on January 24, 2016. May the holiday be a catalyst in bringing your ...

I’ll be honest. I am both fascinated and horrified by many of the daily updates in these still early stages ...

As the calendar flips to December, nightfall comes ever earlier, and many of us don our winter coats for the ...