Hebrew numerology, and the secrets of the Torah.

I spend a lot of time with Conservatives in the South. Conservative Jews, in this case (probably not what most ...

In his last posts, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building ...

The land of Israel is sacred by virtue of the sacred actions performed by its inhabitants.

Many of the Jewish communities that I research and write about for our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities are quite ...

Sipping margaritas, doing shots of tequila, listening mariachi music and dancing the hora.Not in a million years would I have ...

Be’chol Lashon mourns the passing of Rabbi Hailu Paris, a native of Ethiopia who lived most of his life in ...

Earlier this year, when Tillie Olsen passed away, I emailed Alice Mattison, author of the wonderful story collection In Case ...

On Monday, our guest-blogger C. Alexander London wrote about being an accidental adventurer. He will be blogging all week for ...

Excerpts from the Reform Movement's Guidelines for Working with Prospective Converts