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Hebrew’s Theological Significance
According to Jewish tradition, Hebrew is the original language of humanity and the language spoken by God.
Restore Yourself
A few months ago I realized I hadn’t been myself for a long time. I’d been under a lot of stress ...
Jewish Law, Rabbis Without Borders, Study
How can one make moral decisions?
A few weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine gleefully forwarded a link to a study that asserted that atheists and ...
Deciding How We Fit into Jewish Day School
Earlier this week, the AVI CHAI Foundation together with the Steinhardt Foundation posed a question to the Jewish community: What ...
Gender & Sexuality, Jewish History, Jewish Thought, Keshet, Live, Study
How to Build a Movement: A Conversation with Shelly Weiss
Given the rise of today’s growing youth-led LGBTQ movements, there seems to be a divide between where we have been ...
JOFA's Torch, Women & Feminism
Wandering Jewess
Jew. Woman. American. Those three attributes are as intrinsic to my identity as my own name. A close fourth would ...
Are Dragons Kosher?
The just-released Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals aims to do for kosher food what Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials did for ...
My Time in Jail
My name is Jason Herman and I am the rabbi at the West Side Jewish Center in Manhattan. I want ...
Celebrate, Jewish Texts, JOFA's Torch, Purim, Study
Megillah on the Run
Purim for Jews is a public riot, but in our family we celebrate Purim quietly. My brother Daniel can’t hear and our ...