Chai Ceremony

A new Jewish ritual for sending young people off to college.

Pesachim 103

Be vewy, vewy quiet … we’re hunting wabbits! (At the seder?)

The Challenge of Modern Jewish Practice (or An Elul Apology)

The phone rang loudly in our house. My middle son jumped up and dashed to get it, picked up the ...

Teaching After Tragedy

After an attack, how do we keep showing up?

How the Unnecessary Became Necessary

I come from a rather Modern Orthodox, Ashkenazi family that is composed mostly of women. The only male in my ...

Debbie Friedman, Bringing Communities Together

NPR did a nice piece about the death this weekend of Debbie Friedman, a musician whose music impacted thousands and ...

Tenaim: The Conditions of Marriage

Contemporary couples are reinterpreting an old ceremony that set the financial and logistical arrangements for an upcoming marriage

Memories of Swimming: From B- to A-Meets

Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (or “JDS” as it was fondly known), the school my three brothers and I ...

Keep Your Swaying To Yourself

You know that moment during havdalah at basically any Jewish communal event? The moment when everyone puts their arms around ...

Shabbat of Passover Quiz

Learn more about the Passover holiday.