Picture Reza, a Persian Jew, standing with a dead goldfish reciting Kiddush, the blessing over the wine. What does Kiddush ...

I emailed Alice Mattison (author of the wonderful story collection In Case We’re Separated) and asked her to share some ...

The Mishnah says the seder must begin with the disgrace of enslavement and end with praise of God. The authors of the Haggadah did a little more than that.

Music in Jewish worship can be high art or popular song, by solo expression or with group participation.

A Jewish-lesbian-grandmother-feminist-activist shares her story.

Any run-in with a Russian bathhouse is bound to shock: men chugging bottles of beer-like kvass, felt hats helping them ...

Welcome to Tractate Taanit.

Desserts are part of the ever-developing Israeli cuisine, and like everything else in Israel, desserts too have their story.

“My son-in-law is so lovely, and he and my daughter are very happy, and I’m happy for them. But he’s ...

On July 27, the 29th of Tammuz, I will observe the 909th yahrtzeit of Rabbi Shlomo Yizhaki, better known as ...