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7 Tips for Staying Healthy During the Yom Kippur Fast
Yom Kippur not only requires emotional preparation, but physical as well.
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish History, Live, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Best Of The Week
Shabbat is starting earlier and earlier. Someone please stop the sun. It is on a reign of terror that I ...
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish History, Study
Inquisition in Spain
How Jews went from protected minority to persona non grata in just a few years.
What Death Should Teach Us About Life and Living
Death is not a counterpoint or contradiction to life, but a profound teacher about the meaning of human existence.
Israel, JOFA's Torch, Study, Women & Feminism
Not Seen and Not Heard
Last week, the Israeli ultra-Orthodox paper, HaMevaser, photoshopped German Chancellor Angela Merkel out of a photograph of the solidarity march ...
Making Your Own Ritual Objects
Creating a tallit (prayer shawl) or designing a bar/bat mitzvah invitation can add a meaningful personal dimension to the celebration.
Tsnius Is Tsexy
Tsnius, or tzniut, is a word that means modesty, and refers to special Jewish laws about how men and women ...
Beliefs & Practices, JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
The Time Is Now: Express Your Rabbinic Will
There are several things that happen when a stone is thrown into a lake. First, the stone pierces the top ...