The importance of intention in our service to God

From kibbitz/kibbutz to mitzvah/mikveh, we round up some easily confused Hebrew and Yiddish terms.

Packed with apples, honey, cinnamon, wine and walnuts, this moist cake will be your new holiday favorite.

Tu Bishvat is not the holiday that commemorates the destruction of the temple; that’s Tisha B’Av, though I understand why ...

I was recently in an awkward social situation.   My husband and I were invited to dinner at the home of ...

It's not an oxymoron: Secular Jewish Israelis value a variety of Jewish religious practices.

“Can you hear me now?” In the famous TV advertisement about cellular phone service, it’s what the eyeglass-wearing geek clad in a ...

How the Passover story teaches us perspective

How much do you know about objects that help Jews perform mitzvot and live Jewish lives?

We had reached one of those loaded moments in our family Passover seder where all my acumen as a parent, ...