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What I’ve Learned from Crossword Puzzles
Every day, I do the New York Times crossword puzzle. It truly is a ritual for me, almost as sacred ...
Disability, Jewish Thought, Live, Rabbis Without Borders
Make Your Voice Heard
A strange thing happened in the wake of the election, and is intensifying now that the inauguration is next week.People ...
Celebrate, Members of the Scribe
Memories of Swimming: From B- to A-Meets
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (or “JDS” as it was fondly known), the school my three brothers and I ...
Desserts, Eat, Jewish Recipes, Members of the Scribe
One Egg Is A Fortune
One Egg Is A Fortune is a collection of recipes and stories from fifty prominent Jewish people from around the ...
Can Cheese Be Jewish?
“Goats are the Jews of the animal kingdom,” Aitan Mizrahi told a group at the Hazon Food Conference on Friday ...
Ancient Israel, Jewish History
Masada
The site where hundreds of Jews held out against a Roman siege has become a modern symbol of Jewish heroism.
Research and the Power of Bashert
I’m not a great believer in fate, but I certainly have encountered more than a few instances of bashert—that lovely Hebrew ...
Jewish History, Southern & Jewish, Study
Jewish History in Cajun Country: A Secret Synagogue
I am Jewish. I am a historian. And, as my name attests—I am also Cajun French, so I was most ...