On being a mensch — an upstanding member of society — and leading an ethical life.

It is the day before Passover and everyone has a yahrtzeit but me. My mother’s mother collapsed on seder night, ten days before her young ...

The best of the worst.

JTA has reported that a “leading rabbi in Ireland” has criticized the Irish Film and Television Academy for an award ...

I need to confess something.  I have a big crush on Mordecai Kaplan.  I am a firm believer that most ...

Teach your children (and grandchildren) well.

I’m catching up on the last season of one of my favorite shows, Friday Night Lights, and in an episode ...

Not part of the fixed liturgy, women used these prayers to commemorate special holidays and special times in their lives.

Last week on the blog, S. Bear Bergman of the Flamingo Rampant Book Club issued a call for children’s books that ...

A Tiny Tanakh Has An Immense Impact