Holidays are all about the brisket and chicken soup, right? Well, the Jewish holidays can also be about healthful salads, ...

Thoughts from Mexico.

Marriage equality is on the ballot in four states this November – Maryland, Washington, Minnesota, and Maine – and this ...

The best bagels, pastrami, hummus and sweets to nosh in Beantown.

As I’ve mentioned before, my Jewish experiences have been heavily influenced by music — and my music by Jewish experiences.While recording ...

R. Kruspedai said in the name of R. Yohanan: On Rosh Hashanah, three books are opened — one with the ...

The Sabbaths are our great cathedrals, the Jewish equivalent of sacred architecture.

Anthropological studies of Judaism come to grips with some of the big themes in Jewish culture: the centrality of texts, the question of performance, and historical change.

In anticipation of Leo Baeck’s 50th yahrzeit on Sunday, I’d like to highlight a few other aspects of his thought. ...

The sequence of the tractates in the Order