The Fifth Annual Man-O-Manischewitz National Cook Off just finished, and, man, I’m still buzzing. There was some serious high-octane, high-pressure, ...

Why we fast on the anniversary of his death.

Why does Moses change his story as he retells it at the end of his life?

The celebration of an infant's weaning goes back to the feast Abraham held for his son Isaac.

I have a rich undergraduate memory of a professor teaching about communities. She said that one of the key aspects ...

Southern, Jewish, and grateful

One strike and you're out.

The month of Av brings with it forgiveness similar to the experience of Yom Kippur.

Thanksgivvukah, the rare convergence of American Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, has been a mechayeh—a revitalization.Maybe even a re-dedication, which is the literal meaning of the ...

In my second year of rabbinic school, I was asked to officiate at the funeral of a friend’s dog. I ...