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Gospel Music at Shul: Yay or Nay?

There’s this weird trend going on at my shul recently. Hadar has always been big on people bringing in new ...

The Fast of Esther: A Minor Fast Day

The joy of Purim is preceded by solemnity.

What To Do With Michael Jackson’s Kids

It was only a matter of time until a halakhic question would somehow creep into the Michael Jackson madness. In ...

Holiday Foods

Foods associated with holidays depend on geography.

Try It, You’ll Like It

My husband and I moved to Rockland County, the far suburbs of NYC, nearly two years ago. At first, it ...

Depression and Prayer

A few years ago, right about the time I was becoming religious, I started getting hit with Seasonal Affective Disorder. ...

Shedding Light On One Family’s “December Dilemma”

A Christmas tree? In this nice Jewish girl’s home? Here’s how it happened.I am engaged to a wonderful man – ...

Yehuda Amichai

A profile of the Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000)

Kabbalah and Tu Bishvat

The Jewish mystics created the Tu Bishvat seder.

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