The new tradition of waving a flag when Esther and Vashti's names are mentioned celebrates the triumph of these Purim heroines.

On Monday, Chris Moriarty wrote about why she wrote The Inquisitor’s Apprentice. She will be blogging here all week for ...

Yesterday I posted an interview I did with Joshua Henkin, author of the new novel Matrimony. Now here’s an excerpt ...

A look at some numbers — from seven to 18 to 613 — that have Jewish significance.

Old school delis, an expanding Israeli restaurant scene, and the best kosher sausage too.

It was close to midnight, the latest I’ve been out in months. My friend Fred Chao had brought me to ...

Imagine doing good the other 11 months.

The rabbis give their visitors one answer and their students another. What gives?

Last night I attended The Kosher Quandary: Ethics and Kashruth, which was the inaugural event of Yeshiva University’s new student ...

Nerdy, yet cool.