How “Hamilton” Will Help Me Teach About Jewish History

Hamilton, a new musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, has captivated my nerdy history-and-Broadway-musical-loving-heart in a big way. That’s not surprising — ...

How To Choose a Passover Haggadah

Questions to consider when buying the book for your seder.

10 Letters To Write for Meaningful Moments

Before January passes us by… have you taken some time for introspection?If not — or if you could use a ...

Introducing Our Curated Collection of Essential Israeli Recipes

This recipe collection was designed to use every day!

Easy Vegetarian Moroccan Tagine Recipe

This all-vegetarian tagine will transport you to Morocco, if only just for dinner.

What Were Shtetls?

Clearing up myths about these Eastern European villages where Jews lived.

Rent A … What?

The sharp increase in hate crimes in the United States doesn’t happen in a vacuum – and I think it’s ...

Mensch Madness Game 4: Leibowitz v. Ibn Ezra

Today’s game is a showdown between a veteran and a rookie. Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167) will compete against Nehama Leibowitz (1905-1997).Despite ...

A Sukkah Occupies Wall Street

Earlier this week, Rabbi Jill Jacobs wrote about  Sukkot and social justice and asked, “Does place matter?“ As I write ...

Finding the Jews

On Monday, Dani Shapiro wrote about moving from Jewish NY to churchy Connecticut. In many ways, our move from the ...