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How to Choose a Siddur, or Jewish Prayer Book
It helps to know what lies behind the muted bindings and the denominational labels of today's wide array of possibilities.
Black Wedding: Marrying the Spanish Flu Away
This Jewish response to a devastating epidemic in the early 20th century drew on a mixture of Eastern European customs and inspired both fierce proponents and harsh critics.
Shavuot History: Talmudic Development
How the Rabbis brought Sinai and the Torah to the center of what had been a harvest celebration.
Appetizers, Dinner, Eat, Jewish Recipes
Spinach Steak Salad with Mango Peach Salsa
Earlier this week I wrote about a recipe for Chicken Gribenes N Waffles Cupcakes. It was a recipe I had ...
Manna for the Soul
Parashat Beshalach teaches that we all need reliable nourishment, for our bodies and our souls.
Gender & Sexuality, Live, Rabbis Without Borders
Arizona’s Need for Freedom from Religion
Is religious freedom of greater importance than the constitutional right of equality? Arizona’s state law SB 1062, which has passed ...
Havdalah: Celebrating the Uniqueness of the Jewish people
Reveling in uniqueness is wonderful, proclaiming superiority is not.
This Week in Noshing
I feel like I have barely left my apartment building for the past several weeks. Every week has been another ...
Gender & Sexuality, JOFA's Torch, Live
Partners in Prayer: A Recipe for Success
A new partnership minyan was recently formed in Hampstead in North-West London. Here, two of the founders, Beverly Paris and ...