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I can’t help but think about the words maternal and motherhood; and their ‘opposites,’ paternal and fatherhood. As a new ...

I have often joked that I am the only woman in America who doesn’t cook anything that she grew up ...

The following post is the second in our summer series hearing from the camps that were launched as a result ...

“You’re thinking of going to a conference on Orthodox Feminism? But that can’t exist. Besides, you don’t hate men or ...

Not long ago, a friend of mine posted an excellently snarky commentary about a new television show called, Married at ...

Papers were flying and staples were clamping, stickers were delivered, and DVDs were organized. Another summer, and therefore, another fast ...

In our corner of the world, Temple Sinai of New Orleans and The St. Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church have been ...

Pride Month might be over, but celebrating one’s identity is a year long process. This post comes to us from London, ...

I have received at least seven e-mails proclaiming that they have the GOTTA-HAVE items that I NEED to bring to ...

When I was young, I was drawn to the study of Torah as a way to get closer to God ...

Maxim D. Shrayer: Papa, I want to ask you about varieties of crypto-Jews—those who conceal their Judaism in order to preserve ...

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

Any run-in with a Russian bathhouse is bound to shock: men chugging bottles of beer-like kvass, felt hats helping them ...

Maxim D. Shrayer: Papa, let’s continue with our topic. What happens after a Jewish writer emigrates from the USSR to the ...

Tomorrow, Tuesday, July 15th is a fast day in Jewish tradition. It is called the 17th of Tammuz, named after ...