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Tonight, OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, is airing the second part in its “Hasidic Jews of Brooklyn” special. Oprah visits ...

Before I’d settled on acting or writing, my greatest aspiration was simply to “Be Anne Frank,” and when I was twelve, ...

It is a tree of life to those who hold it close and all of its supporters are happy. Its ...

February is the shortest month of the year, yet to me it always feels like the longest. There is something ...

Earlier this week, the AVI CHAI Foundation together with the Steinhardt Foundation posed a question to the Jewish community: What ...

Like most people, I used to view doubt and faith as occupying two opposite ends of the spiritual spectrum. In my ...

As I write today’s blog entry on Tu Bishvat, I’m sitting in my home office looking at the piles of ...

When I was a kid, I got sent to a sports camp outside of Philadelphia. Which was sort of the ...

Today is Tu Bishvat, the birthday of the trees. There are many ways to celebrate—you can plant a tree if ...

I’ve written a book about my “spiritual journey,” fully aware what an oft abused, dangerously clichéd term it is. The ...

The tent is a place of safety and care.

I spent several years traveling the world, trying on different faiths, seeing which one fits. At the end of my ...

Tuesday night is Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees. To celebrate it, our great friend and supporter Edgar ...

The Exodus from Egypt is considered to be the foundational/orienting event for our sacred history. Many commandments are attached to ...

In December, not long after Among Righteous Men was published, I returned to Crown Heights. The evening was unseasonably warm, and ...