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Before I could read and write in English, I spoke Yiddish. At age 3 I learned the Hebrew alef-bet alongside ...

Debra Spark is the author of The Pretty Girl, a collection of stories about art and deception.In literature, as in ...

Have you ever been ‘bageled’?“Bageling” is: the conscious act – or speech – of a non-obviously looking Jewish individual to ...

A few weeks before I began rabbinical school, I took a vacation and went to visit my in-laws where they ...

It is very hard after the seder to get excited about the last days of Passover. Seven/eight days of eating ...

“Hava Nagila“ (Hebrew: הבה נגילה ) (lit. “Let us rejoice”) is a Hebrew folk song that has become a staple ...

To whoever is reading–I’ve had some complaints regarding my recent appearance on Conan, promoting my new book, Kasher In The Rye: ...

I had an all too familiar conversation with someone the other day who was talking about a community Jewish high ...

The mid-19th century in Germany is, to my mind, the most unappreciated period in Jewish history. The reason is simple: ...

This past week in synagogues throughout the world we rolled the Torah scroll forward and began reading from the Book ...

So, um, yeah. The coop last night. Utter craziness.First, a recap from the The Daily Show: The Daily Show with ...

Some will tell you that we need less debate in the Jewish community; that for the sake of unity we need ...