In focusing on ritual laws, Parashat Terumah teaches us that by reliving heroic historic moments we can introduce the transcendent into our daily lives.

How to rectify material wealth.

This fast commemorates the beginning of the end of the First Temple.

Folk art even the poorest folk could create.

Debra Spark is the author of The Pretty Girl, a collection of stories about art and deception.In literature, as in ...

Commonly used words and phrases for "noshers" and "fressers."

Jews & Judaism pervade this classic animated sitcom and its fictional town of Springfield.

A survey of recent American and International Jewish cinema.

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

The bread of poverty has a rich history in Rabbinic literature.