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How Some Jews Live
I always begin like this, with Irv, my grandfather, and then I describe him, An angel on Earth, never another like him. ...
Celebrate, Passover, Rabbis Without Borders
Let’s Be Free!
Although the winter in the Northeast was milder than the past few, I still struggle with the season of cold ...
Mental Health in Young Adult Literature
I’ve always looked at books as a form of comfort. Nothing is more comforting than seeing yourself in a character ...
Conversion, Rosh Hashanah, Uncategorized
Four Steps For Changing Your Life in the New Year
A change expert and rabbi-to-be offers advice on how to make change happen.
Celebrate, Denominations, Jewish Texts, JOFA's Torch, Live, Rosh Hashanah, Study, Talmud, Weddings & Marriage, Women & Feminism
How I Ended Up Delivering the Sermon on Rosh Hashanah
Over the summer, Larry, the organizer of the minyan that I attend for Rosh Hashanah, sent out an email asking ...
8 TV Chanukah Specials, Ranked
A little pop culture parsing for your Festival of Lights
The Jews of Scandinavia
The tiny Jewish communities of the Nordic countries have been sustained by regular arrivals of Jews fleeing persecution elsewhere.
Beliefs & Practices, God, Live, Study
Dealing with the God Question
Secular humanistic parents and educators face unique challenges in speaking to kids about God.
Jewish Thought, Sages & Scholars
Maimonides’ Philosophical Writings
In his landmark philosophical work, The Guide to the Perplexed, Maimonides sought to put Judaism on a rational footing.