I normally begin my blog posts with a greeting, but it is forbidden to greet others on Tisha B’Av, so ...

Differences between the movements grow out of more basic disagreements in philosophy and belief.

Getting in shape.

Halloween has always been a part of my life. Maybe it’s because I’m a theater person, so the costume element ...

When I got married, there were a million things on my to-do list. There was one thing, one pretty important ...

Right of use.

The holiday of drunken revelry is also the day that proves the Torah's assertion that God answers all prayers.

24 years, three empires, and one new faith in Palestine

For hundreds of years, most Persian musicians were Jews.

Gloria Spielman‘s most recent book, Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime, is now available. She will be blogging here all week ...