The Pacific Northwest is falling in love with shakshuka and hummus.

Feminism has become a dirty word.In discussions with students, this is what I hear: “Sure, I think women should get ...

The writer, scholar, and chef talks kasha varnishkes, tikkun olam, and the Afro-Jewish culinary connection.

A mother's reflections and suggestions.

We recently finished celebrating Passover, a holiday where “oppression” is an ongoing theme (and freedom, of course, is our cause ...

T.A.P. (Talk About the Problems), the ISJL’s peer mediation program, trains students to help their peers resolve conflicts peacefully. The peer-led-model ...

Giving charity, time, and effort is a traditional and significant way of honoring the memory of one who has died.

I have always found it difficult to romanticize the tale of right and might that belongs to the Maccabees.  I ...

An expert on Judaism and aging discusses what the Jewish community gets right and wrong about late life, the importance of intergenerational relationships, and how to approach aging as a spiritual practice.

Questions and answers about the ethics of circumcision.