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Blessings and Sacrifices
Today’s sacrifices and blessings look different, but can still draw us closer to the Divine
Gender & Sexuality, JOFA's Torch, Live
Limmud-Gate and Learning to Debate With Love
The following d’var torah was given by Lindsay Simmonds at the first UK partnership minyan in November. To find out ...
Celebrate, Live, Weddings & Marriage
The Ketubah: Evolutions in the Jewish Marriage Contract
Once a protection for women, the traditional ketubah has been critiqued by liberal Jews on several grounds.
Miracles, Gelt, and Hip Hop
-JAY MICHAELSON would like Hanukkah without supernatural miracles. (Jbooks)-An exploration of the why, and the how-good, of chocolate Hanukkah gelt. ...
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Southern & Jewish
Making Menorah-Oil… Maccabee-Style!
Today’s post is from guest writer Joanna Brichetto, Experiential Educator at Nashville’s West End Synagogue, who also runs the website Bible ...
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Jewish History, Southern & Jewish, Study
Menorahs In The Public Square: A History
There’s something prominently displayed at the Mississippi Governor’s mansion: a nativity scene. Seeing it recently took me by surprise.When I ...
Holocaust, More Holidays, Yom Hashoah
Setting a Date for Yom Hashoah
After much debate, a compromise date--satisfactory to none--is chosen.
Misleading Advice in Judaism
Non-disclosure, conflict of interest, easy credit all violate the biblical injunction not to
Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Midrash, Study
Sifra and Sifre
Legal midrash on Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.