Fear Goes Both Ways

I hesitated before asking my wife if she wanted to go out to dinner. We would not have to drive ...

The Closer You Are, The Less You See

It took a Protestant pastor from Reston, Virginia to introduce me to my Palestinian neighbors. It happened two years ago, and it changed my life.

Nedarim 2

Welcome to Tractate Nedarim.

Seder Nezikin (Damages)

Universal interpersonal and societal issues, rather than Jewish ritual law, are the main subject of Seder Nezikin.

How to Entertain Without Breaking a Sweat

Jewish food writer Leah Koenig shares her secrets for delicious, stress-free entertaining.

How My Non-Jewish Husband Became in Charge of Making Latkes Every Hanukkah

My husband is definitively non-Jewish by all religious standards. Except for his latke skills.

Meeting My Palestinian Neighbors For the First Time

Nine months ago I opened the front door of my apartment in Alon Shvut and took a 20-minute walk that ...

The Rabbis’ Shabbat Part I: Prohibitions

The rabbis of antiquity used prohibitions to shape a Shabbat experience in which creative activity is set aside to make time for matters of the spirit. First of two parts.

This Jewish Deli Is Not Trying To Win You Over with Nostalgia

But they have the best bagels and black and whites!