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American Jews, Jewish History, Study
Language, Identity, and the Scandal of American Jewry
American Jews have forgotten their letters and words.
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
A Jew and a Muslim Walk into a Bar…
8:00 a.m. It’s been 7 hours since last night ended — and 3 hours since I woke up — and ...
This Jewish Grandma Turned Her Passion for Challah and Cookies Into a Beloved Memphis Bakery
Ricki's Cookie Corner is known for delicious cakes, challah and their famous "chipsticks."
Celebrate, Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah, Sukkot
Sukkot at Home
How to celebrate the Festival of Booths.
Dreaming of Trees
Dreams are not only central to the observance of Tu Bishvat, but to our nighttime imaginal realms.
Life After Redemption: Why Counting the Omer Is A Quintessential Jewish Experience
I also think this is but one of many different ways we can dedicate ourselves to deriving spiritual nourishment from these 49 days.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Celebrate, Gender & Sexuality, Jewish Law, JOFA's Torch, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
Celebrating Our Daughters: From Simchat Bat to Bat Mitzvah
I had been thinking about my eldest daughter’s bat mitzvah for a long time. We belong to a Modern Orthodox ...
Jewish Thought, Live, Southern & Jewish
Obligation, Faith, and Service After the Storm
I had been out of town for a few days. When I returned to the ISJL office in Jackson, I ...
Waking Up Is Hard To Do
Waking up in the morning a definite challenge for me. I hit the snooze button more often than I should. At least ...