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Shabbat & Nature
The conundrum of Shabbat observance and environmental damage.
Journeying from Dublin, Ireland to Jackson, Mississippi
Some thoughts on moving from The Emerald Isle to the Bible Belt.
JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
Modesty – How Everyone Gets It Wrong, and Why We Need to Get it Right
The use of tzniut, modesty, as a cudgel against Jewish women has been well documented in the JOFA Journal, conferences, ...
Jewish Thought, Live, More Holidays, Science and Ecology, Study, Tu Bishvat
The Environmentally Conscious Jewish Home
For Jewish families, caring for the environment could be part of a wider consciousness of living in a world that is a divine gift.
What I Wish I Had Known at 13
When the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would decide on the legality of California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense ...
Celebrate, Eat, Jewish Recipes, Jewish&
Iron Chef Rosh Hashanah: Be Fruitful and Multiply
My daughter Mia often watches Iron Chef, a cooking show on TV in which they designate a secret ingredient that ...
Jewish Law, Mourn, Prayers for Mourners
Yizkor: The Unending Conversation
Yizkor is part of an ongoing conversation with the dead, but what we don't realize is that we constantly converse with the dead in daily life.
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish Ethics, Keeping Kosher, Science and Ecology
What Is “Ethical” Kashrut?
Bringing animal treatment, workers' conditions, and environmental issues to a kosher table.