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What!? You Mean Women Can Actually Study Talmud?

Memories of the film, Yentl, came to mind when a number of highly Jewishly educated women invited me to join ...

Is Halloween Kosher?

Jewish engagement with Halloween varies widely based on personal beliefs, denominational affiliations and community norms.

Talking About Abortion From the Bimah

This past weekend I went to a family bat mitzvah in the DC area. It was an intense weekend, full ...

How to Make Perfect Cheesecake 5 Ways

Cheesecake is the iconic Shavuot dessert, as sacrosanct as a Hanukkah latke or Passover matzah ball.

A Convert Cannot Reject Jewish Law

This legal opinion from the Masorti (Conservative) movement in Israel takes the lenient opinion that a convert should not explicitly reject any Jewish law.

Bava Kamma 75

Last-minute confession.

Turning Challenge into Opportunity

Molly Hott is the director of 92Y Passport NYC, a Jewish overnight camp based in New York City focusing on ...

Albert Einstein: A Highly Committed Jew

Albert Einstein may have been the most famous Jew of the 20th century. His biographer Walter Isaacson described that “when he ...

Women During the Holocaust

The Nazis subjected women to brutal persecution.

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