Were Mordecai and Esther assimilated Jews?

Joel Yanofsky is the author of Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism.   We figured we were all set. ...

My first novel,  The Wedding Beat , was loosely based on my experience as a single Jewish guy writing the ...

Just in case you forgot, our recent Bad Poetry Contest netted us a vast and diverse — if not encyclopedic ...

 “Is she converting?”“Clearly, she is not from around here, I wonder if she is even Jewish.”“She must be someone’s nanny…”These ...

In Judaism, it is the journey, not the destination, that matters.

I was born Orthodox. I was raised Orthodox. And without much of a rebellion at all, I slipped into adulthood ...

Where is God when we are grieving after the bad things happen?

There was a time when the Jewish community spoke with one voice. The Talmud records the role of the Resh ...

Loads of fresh vegetables and fish are paired with aromatic spices like turmeric, ginger, saffron, and cumin.