Defamation.

We are all responsible for leading in our own spheres while struggling with temptations and moral dilemmas

There is still me.

The Hasidic prayer practice of hitbodedut — talking to God freely in one's native tongue — helps to build intimacy over time.

The prayer does not praise (or even name) God. Here’s why.

Play exposes emotions of the "other."

An attempt to reconcile two opposing views of nature.

Music in Jewish worship can be high art or popular song, by solo expression or with group participation.

To earn respect, a genre of Jewish texts assigns authorship to biblical figures and sages of previous eras.

Adjusting communal structures to match the new realities of the Jewish family will require letting go of a romanticized version of familial reality.