In Pirkei Avot 2:10 we are taught that Rabbi Eliezer said, יהי כבוד חברך חביב עליך כשלך “Let your neighbor’s dignity be precious ...

Communities across the nation have been gathering to honor and memorialize the Orlando victims. In Alexandria, Louisiana, community organizers chose ...

Their love was evident to everyone who was there on that beautiful day in October when Yechochanan and Aminah Perkins ...

Like everyone else I know who is active in the Jewish community, my Facebook page and email inbox have been ...

...and reminded of something very important

Yesterday I posted Rabbi Avi Shafran’s response to Shmuly Yanklowitz’s response to Rabbi Shafran’s op-ed response to Yanklowitz’s organization’s response ...

What should be done with old Torah scrolls and sacred texts?

In my mind, the definitive tale of sisterhood was not the conventionally chosen classic, Little Women , but rather the ...

Made famous by Madonna, these good-luck charms are part of a whole genre of folk traditions and superstitions.

Our table was once too big for us, then we became too big for it, and now we fit almost exactly in its seats… and in future years, with grandkids and the ongoing cycle of celebrations, we will outgrow it again.