Last summer, when I joined Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel (ASBI), the local Modern Orthodox synagogue in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, I discovered ...

Why some Jews have two days of Yom Tov.

A Talmudic riddle.

This Rosh Hashanah tradition has a long, sometimes sweet, history.

And we absolutely adore both types.

The accumulation of disasters in the Middle Ages--expulsions, crusades, and the Black Death, to name a few--inspired a steady stream of Jewish immigration to the Holy Land.

Why is it that synagogue and church attendance drops in the summer? For years, churches and synagogues have noticed what ...

Perfect for Shavuot, a Shabbat lunch, Sunday picnic or even Yom Kippur break-fast.

The newest holiday on the Jewish calendar celebrates the reunification of Israel's capital.

Hoshana Rabbah is kind of a weird day – even for the Jewish calendar. It’s not really a holiday – ...