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Guided Meditation for the High Holidays

Focusing on the year that's ending.

The Birth of the Good Inclination

In rabbinic texts, the distinction between childhood and young adulthood is the birth of the yetzer hatov, the good inclination.

A Time to be Silent and a Time to Speak

“There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.” So says the author of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) in a ...

Homemade Pita Bread

In the ancient world, bread was usually made by using a type of sourdough starter. A little bit of raw ...

Esther and Daniel: Biblical Advice for Diaspora Communities

How should Jews live under foreign rule? These biblical books offer different answers to a 2,000-year-old question.

Noshing Through LatkeFest

In honor of Hanukkah beginning earlier this week, and an all-around appreciation for starch and fried things, Manhattan-based event planning company ...

Sharing Sorrow, Bringing Hope

Thousands of people had passed by before we managed to gather a minyan (quorum) of ten for the evening prayers. ...

Educating Against Egypt

Through his experiences with his nephew Lot, Abraham learns valuable parenting skills.

Invisible Jews on Television

While not made explicit, many characters on television had very Jewish traits.

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