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Beliefs & Practices, Clothing & Appearance, Our Bodies, Study
Jewish Clothing
Garments for synagogue and, for some, all-day wear.
CAJE: Coalition for Advancement in Jewish Education
This organization coordinated conferences which exemplified alternative and creative methods of Jewish education.
Parashat Korach: A Revolution with Boundaries
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. Each ...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Live, Rabbis Without Borders
What to Get: The Bar or Bat Mitzvah Gift
What gift to get for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah? The challenge with gifts for a life cycle event is ...
Promowork: A Necessary Evil
This week, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchange ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution of the author. Today, ...
Israel, Jewish History, Members of the Scribe, Study
The Dangers of Nice
When I set out to write the story of the Aleppo Codex, I imagined that I would be writing an uplifting ...
A Hidden History
Having just spent four years on a book about the biblical manuscript known as the Aleppo Codex, I can say with ...
Mark Twain, “Mishpocha,” and Me
Earlier this week, Erika Dreifus, the author of Quiet Americans, wrote about the inspiration for her book and Jewish-American Literature ...
How Do You Want to Spend the Last Days of Your Life?
This isn’t a fun question, but it’s an important one: What kind of death do you want? If you found ...