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Searching for My People

My first job out of college was at a large insurance company in Baltimore. I was a computer programmer there, ...

O, The Nonprofits You’ll Go To

My wife and kid are out of town. Which means that I end up staying out past 6:30 p.m., my ...

Salute to Israel Parade: An Interview with HaMakor

Next week, the Israeli jam band HaMakor will be headlining May 31’s Salute to Israel Parade in Central Park. First, ...

Meir Soloveichik on Interfaith Dialogue

This month’s issue of Commentary includes a lengthy essay by Meir Soloveichik, in which he rejects theological interfaith dialogue. Soloveichik ...

Exemptions from Military Service in Judaism

The Torah lists several categories of men who are exempt from war fighting.

The Medicine of the Mythic

The period of mourning leading up to Tisha B'Av brings us into a space where the pain of the past can be touched — and transformed. 

You Can Go Home Again

The mitzvah of the Jubilee year is a chance to begin again.

Yom Kippur For Children

You don't have to fast in order to atone.

Sanhedrin 34

Like a hammer that shatters rock.

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