Jewish wisdom

As we cross from 5774 to 5775, the Akeida (the Binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah) ...

It’s been a week since Robin Williams’ death. My Facebook newsfeed continues to be filled with beautiful tributes to and ...

When I was growing up, I used to listen to records of GI Joe or Sci Fi stories that came ...

One of the most pathetic (in the original sense of evoking pathos) passages in the Talmud is one (Bava Metzia ...

At a construction site at the Jerusalem bus station there is a multi-paneled chalkboard with space for people to fill ...

Earlier this week, my excellent colleague, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz asked the important question of whether, “there can be a new ...

One of my favorite parts of the Passover seder is the singing that takes place after we finish eating. There are so ...

The state of public discourse, both within the Jewish community and within our society at large, has taken rather a ...

When we are small, we wait for everything. Every day takes forever until you get to the time when you ...

Hear from more LGBTQ clergy, including Ariel Naveh, on the Keshet blog. Reading Ariel Naveh’s two-part story on the Keshet blog about ...