The message to the one who is circumcised: The covenant involves pain and sacrifice as well as honor and sanctity. And it is part of who you are, branded into your flesh at birth.

The rights of the incarcerated.

An unusual juxtaposition in this Torah portion highlights an oft-overlooked piece of observing the major festivals.

That’s right! An all fish matchup.But before we get to it, I can’t write a post without mentioning that #8 ...

His best Jewish jokes.

The reasons for prune's superiority are many; here are just some of them.

Saturday night's alright.

This week, Allison Amend wrote about old Western general stores and Jews in odd places. She is the author of ...

Fruit trees cannot be destroyed in war, and the Jewish legal tradition takes this to be a paradigm for any act of despoliation.

Bundle your mitzvot.