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Georgian-Style Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe

This traditional recipe is perfect to enjoy the next day.

The Limitations of Self-Denial

We must use our gifts of wealth, education, and influence to improve conditions for the poor and powerless.

What Will You Add To Your Seder Plate?

Passover reminds us to honor freedom - and the ongoing struggle against oppression

Deprogramming our Children as a Means to Jewish Continuity?

I just got back from a weekend “family camp” retreat. One of the most remarkable aspects of the experience was ...

Campy Lizards, or, A Look Back to My Literary Beginnings

Earlier this week, C. Alexander London wrote about being an accidental adventurer and sequels and the Torah.In honor of the end of Book Expo ...

Don’t Be Quarrelsome On The Way

Joseph's warning to his brothers not to quarrel on their way instructs us as well in our relationships with our families and the larger Jewish community.

When To Talk And When To Act

Comparing Moses to Yiftah raises questions about when we should be people of speech and when we should be people of action.

God’s Phallus

Surprisingly enough, gender-sensitive critiques of the Jewish God can create problems for notions of masculinity.

God And Metaphor

Believers and skeptics alike tend to view God similarly -- as big, all-powerful, and good. But there are other options.

All About Esther

The book of Esther is not a historical document in the usual sense--but that doesn't undermine its importance as a religious book in the Jewish canon.

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