New Ceremonies: Being Pregnant

In a world where pregnancy is a choice, we should ritually acknowledge those who undertake it.

Wrapping Myself in the Fringes

This was the d’var Torah (discourse) I gave at the Jewish service on Friday night at the Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference, ...

The Mekhilta

Halakhic Midrash on Exodus.

Giving Birth

Women have been creating new rituals that use traditional images and texts to reflect their experiences of childbirth.

Tragedy of the Commons

A Jewish perspective on a seminal essay of the modern environmentalist movement

The Best Jewish Food in Montreal

A cultivated list of classic and innovative eats in collaboration with The Gefilteria

Depression and Suicide Resources

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Raising an Ethiopian Jewish Child in Georgia

Melissa Fay Greene is the author of No Biking in the House Without a Helmet. She will be blogging all ...

Eight Famous Jewish Nobel Laureates

From Albert Einstein to Bob Dylan, there are many Jewish Nobel laureates who have become household names.