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Conversion, Live, Members of the Scribe
Wandering Mother, Wondering Daughter: Part 1
“Jew town,” Mom directed the autorickshaw driver.“Where in Jew town?” he asked in Malayalam.“The big church,” Mom responded, because she ...
Holocaust, Jewish History, Rabbis Without Borders, Study
A Taste of Eternity: Letters from the Front
The fifth of the Ten Commandments states: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in ...
How Shabbat Dinner Inspired Dorie Greenspan’s Award Winning Cookbook Career
She started as a skinny kid in Brooklyn and built a James Beard award-winning cookbook empire.
9 Things You Didn’t Know About Passover
Why Israelis have just one seder, how Gibraltar does haroset and other curiosities of this 8-day holiday.
Meet the Torah’s Bold Band of Status Quo-Challenging Sisters
In this busy portion, the daughters of Zelophehad succeed in staking claim their father’s land — sort of.
Judaism’s Three Rs for the 21st Century
Today's spiritual focus must be to cultivate collective human potential amidst increasing diversity and galloping social, political and environmental change.
Interfaith, Live, Rabbis Without Borders
We Are a Nation of Immigrants
Last night I participated in my town of Westborough’s Interfaith Thanksgiving. Our program was entitled ‘Welcoming the Stranger’, recalling that ...
When Jacob Reconciled with Esau
Jacob is surprised to learn that even with estranged family members, reconciliation is possible.
America: Killer Food and Hospitals Making Killings
“This,” Witherly said, “is one of the most marvelously constructed foods on the planet, in terms of pure pleasure.” He ...