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Transparent Leadership
The metamorphosis of Aaron and his sons into priests was a process wholly transparent to the nation.
Celebrate, Holiday Food, Interfaith, Live, Passover, Passover Food, Rabbis Without Borders
Horseradish Harvest: A Passover Gathering
Yesterday at Or Shalom Synagogue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we harvested horseradish from our synagogue garden. We are an ...
Celebrate, Hanukkah, JOFA's Torch, Women & Feminism
Taking Sides on Hanukkah
I often wonder what group I would have belonged to when people were being asked to stand up and be ...
American Jews, Jewish Culture, Jewish History, Jewish Music, Jewish Theater and Dance, Study
Jews & Musical Theater
Jews had a hand in writing nearly all the great musicals of the 1930s and '40s.
Kohane of Newark: The Interview
Ricky Orbach is a singer, poet, music producer, and patron of the arts — but, really, it’s more accurate to ...
Eat, Modern Jewish History, Women & Feminism
Jewish Cookbooks
A history from the traditional to the treyf.
Holocaust, Jewish Culture, Jewish History, Jewish Literature, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
Women in Holocaust Literature: Writers and Writings
These women use diaries, memoirs, fiction, and poetry to express their Holocaust experience.
How to Acquire the Right Mental State for Prayer
The pursuit of proper kavanah, the Hebrew term for directed attention, has long concerned Jewish thinkers.
Gender & Sexuality, Keshet, Live
Harvey Milk Hits (Off) Broadway: A Q&A with Lesléa Newman
A retired kosher butcher, his young lesbian writing teacher, and a letter from the heart: Lesléa Newman’s short story, “A ...
The Book of Job
The book of Job challenges the simple equation of suffering with punishment, by telling the story of one righteous man's confrontation with overwhelming misfortune.