“The past is never dead. It’s not even past…” When William Faulkner wrote these words in Requiem for a Nun, I’m pretty certain ...

Jackson, Mississippi has one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the country. This Saturday, 70,000(!) people will line ...

This spiritual trait isn't the absence of fear, but the inner strength to move forward anyway.

Let’s make a new Jewish holiday. Wait…what? Let’s make a new Jewish holiday. When I opened a recent daily e-mail ...

Buttery hamantaschen made a little fancy with chocolate.

The talented cantor Yossele Rosenblatt (1882-1933) becomes an international star.

An introduction to the sixth tractate of the Talmud, dealing with the laws of Yom Kippur.

This talmudic tractate about fasting is packed with stories.

Representation matters - in real life most of all

The Daf Yomi (Hebrew for “page a day”), is a program for learning Talmud.  Participants study one page a day, ...