Shouting at the Television

What if the central narrative of the Jewish people had been different?

Chagigah 24

Close encounters of the fourth kind.

Questioning Chronology

The lack of chronological order in Bamidbar allows expressions of God's love for Israel to precede the trials and tribulations of desert wandering.

Chagigah 19

The surfer and the mikveh.

Tzom Bechorot: Why I’m Fasting Before Passover

April 3, 2015, is Tzom Bechorot, Fast of the Firstborn when first-born Jews fast before the first seder of Passover. This day also ...

When a Zoroastrian and a Jew Walked into a Mikvah

It is like clockwork. You can expect someone to raise the following argument every single time anything new is being ...

Judaism on Greed

The notion that humans are merely stewards of wealth, not its owner, can play into the hands of the greedy.

The Subtleties Of One Letter

We can learn numerous lessons from the statement of the owner of a house that appears to be afflicted with spiritual defilement.

Can We Please Stop Re-Fighting Hanukkah?

Ask any Jew what Hanukkah is about and you are likely to get one of two possible explanations: Maccabees or ...