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Conservation and Experimentation
If ritual is to create a shared language across the generations, we must ensure the Judaism we practice is recognizable both to our ancestors and descendants.
Desserts, Eat, Jewish Recipes, Keeping Kosher
Cookie Season
‘Tis the season of….cookies! Jewish or not, I love a time of year that embraces cookie baking, cookie decorating and ...
Celebrate, Eat, Hanukkah, Jewish Recipes, Passover
Latke-Crusted Chicken Breasts
A few years ago my dear friend and fellow food-enthusiast Rachel traveled to the Czech Republic to explore her father’s ...
Interfaith Families
With intermarriage an acknowledged part of the American landscape, the only remaining debate is how to respond to interfaith unions.
Beliefs & Practices, Clothing & Appearance
Jewish Ritual Objects: A Guide
From challah covers to yahrzeit candles, what they are used for, how they look and where you can find them.
Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Experiencing How the Other Experiences Us
The two biggest difficulties have been recruiting Palestinian participants and finding an appropriate place to meet...
Jewish Food Tourney: # 8 Brisket vs #9 Sufganiyot
We had our first upset yesterday. #10 Gefilte Fish beat #7 Hamentashen. I was so excited I had trouble falling ...
Leil Purim: A Kurdish Jewish Women’s Holiday
Imitating Queen Esther, Kurdish Jewish women used to bathe in the river on Purim night.