One of the most pathetic (in the original sense of evoking pathos) passages in the Talmud is one (Bava Metzia ...

This retro candy has a surprising Jewish legacy.

Last week The New Republic ran a story saying that the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the seminary of the American Jewish ...

Last month Rabbi Yamin Levy (note: I studied with Rabbi Levy when I was a rabbinical student at YCT Rabbinical ...

JTA’s Jacob Berkman has written up a detailed article about the “youth-focused” sessions at the GA. He quotes me criticizing ...

The important thing is not how many separate injunctions are obeyed but how and in what spirit we obey them. ...

From sufganiyot to the hannukiah, here are the major symbols of the holiday.

One of the foundational ideas behind the ISJL is that mid-size and large congregations should build connections to smaller Jewish ...

There is an old rabbinic tale of Hillel and Shammai, the rabbinic leaders of their generation. A would-be convert comes ...

A recent brouhaha has emerged in the Jewish blogosphere over Rabbi Ari Hart’s recent post, “Should I Thank God For ...