I also think this is but one of many different ways we can dedicate ourselves to deriving spiritual nourishment from these 49 days.

I had been thinking about my eldest daughter’s bat mitzvah for a long time. We belong to a Modern Orthodox ...

I had been out of town for a few days. When I returned to the ISJL office in Jackson, I ...

“Merry Christmas,” we’ve heard for weeks.For Jews living in predominantly Christian societies, Christmas evokes responses ranging from joy to alienation. ...

Waking up in the morning a definite challenge for me. I hit the snooze button more often than I should. At least ...

Children of God.

How do I explain to my kids why I don't want one?

Perhaps the Jewish people are the embodied principle of life itself, a distillation of humanity evolving toward that which it is not yet?  

Jewish tradition suggests that discovering blessing is always possible — even in hard moments.

An introduction to the different methods Jews have used to read the Bible throughout history.