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Kislev & Hanukkah

The connections between the month and the holiday.

Parashat Chukkat: Clean/Unclean

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...

Kedushah (Holiness) in Rabbinic Judaism

What holiness meant to the sages of the Talmud.

My Mexican Pseudo-Shiva

Since my mom had a history of outliving her prognoses I assumed that this would be the case once again.

A Failed Peddler

An immigrant's memoir of trying to jump on the Jewish-peddler bandwagon

National Redemption

The blessings that conclude the Amidah's center section emphasize God's redemption of Israel.

Vayikra, And God Called Out: An Invitation to Gender Justice

This past Saturday, Keshet Staff Member Joanna Ware joined Temple Hillel B’nai Torah to deliver a d’var Torah on gender ...

Samson

He could kill a lion or topple a temple with his bare hands, but succumbed to the love of a treacherous woman. Many wild traditions circulated about the first Jewish superhero.

Jewish Secularism

Is Jewish secularism possible?

To What is God Similar?

Rabbinic parables explicitly compare God to a variety of human analogues, reflecting the rabbis' subtle, complex, and diverse images of God.

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