A unique aspect of the Sukkot service

A few years ago, there was a terrific newspaper cartoon from the strip “Non Sequitur” entitled “The Philosophical Showdown.” It showed ...

This short ribs recipe is so rich and delicious, no one will guess you didn’t spend all day cooking.

Today is the 17th of Tammuz, the day when five big catastrophes happened in Judaism:* Moses smashed the original Ten ...

“Why don’t you learn to read the megillah,” asked my husband a few months before Purim.I thought about it for ...

For days when it's too hot to turn on the oven.

The High Holiday season just ended. A spiritual, emotional and communal journey through Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot culminated ...

Laughter was Rosenthal's family currency, but now he is passing on Jewish food to his own kids.

My father died on Rosh Hashanah 5764. He died at home, in a clean white bed, surrounded by his wife ...

Moses' poetic mention of rain and dew teaches us to recognize both the obvious and subtle presence of God in the world.