Practices

With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...

With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...

I know it’s kind of weird to have a favorite fast day, but I do. Tzom Gedaliah, I kind of ...

Sometimes, you just gotta let your heart cry out. In honor of Rosh Hashanah, and in honor of the Sway ...

What is a cantor? Most of my Christian friends don’t understand: The position of the cantor, or hazzan, is sort ...

This Kanye West guy has got to go away. I’ve never really been a fan (I mean, except for this ...

Lenny Ben-David argues that J Street has formed an “alliance with …. the Iranian lobby” and wonders whether “detractors of ...

What is a shofar? What do its calls — tekiah, shevarim, teruah — mean? Why does it send a chill ...

For the month of Elul, I’ve been trying to get myself into shape. One of the things that Rebbe Nachman ...

Suzanne Last Stone serves as University Professor of Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization at the Cardozo School of Law at ...