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Liturgy, Rituals and Customs of Jewish Weddings
The Jewish wedding is rich with ceremony, beginning with the announcement of intent to marry and ending with seven days of celebration.
Maid of Ludomir
This 19th Century Hasidic woman served as an unofficial rabbi.
How This Non-Jewish Chef from ‘America’s Test Kitchen’ Fell in Love with Bialys and Babka
And she's also the first African-American woman to appear on the show.
Denominations, JOFA's Torch, Live
Judaism After Orthodoxy: Insights into the “OTD” Movement
Many of us have read some of the recent memoirs written by people who have left their Orthodox community of ...
East Meets West
This morning, I blogged about the poetry of Taha Muhammad Ali and his translator, Peter Cole. In July, I wrote ...
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish History, Jewish Law, Jewish Thought, Sages & Scholars, Study
Joseph Caro
Medieval lawyer and mystic.
American Jews, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
The Lower East Side of New York City
On the Jewish Plymouth Rock of New York's Lower East Side, Jewish immigrants began their new lives.