It’s been an interesting couple of months here in New Jersey. First, in August, an earthquake rocked us, and while ...

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

These are exciting times for Jewish social justice.  This past week, an interfaith group of ministers, led in part by the ...

Donna Tartt, the author of this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner  The Goldfinch , was once told by Ken Kesey, the ...

Facing down bullies.

Wisdom and separation.

Today in Jewish History: June 30, 1922

The classic dish for St. Patrick's Day actually has Jewish roots.

It isn't mentioned in the Bible, but Hanukkah is among the most widely observed Jewish rituals.

According to education theorist Rudine Simms Bishop, fiction should serve as both a mirror and a window. That is, books ...