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Growing up as the daughter of two teachers, my parents encouraged me to read every kind of book that I ...

Shana tova and chag sameach! The Jewish fall calendar is full of celebration and festivities and one of my favorites ...

“Did you hear about the rabbi getting thrown out of a Jackson restaurant?”Everyone at our office has been asked that ...

Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...

“Ever tried, ever failed,” Samuel Beckett once wrote. “No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. “  (in  Still Writing: ...

This past week, two of my co-workers and I attended an interesting lecture by Reverend Ben Matin at Millsaps College, ...

My sister, Chanie, and my new brother-in-law, Joel, got married this month. I’m very fortunate to have incredible co-workers who ...

My mother was born in Germany in 1939. She grew up there, emigrating to the United States in 1968, after ...

As we cross from 5774 to 5775, the Akeida (the Binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah) ...

We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...

Nine months ago I opened the front door of my apartment in Alon Shvut and took a 20-minute walk that ...