Practices

Last night I was watching the Chicago Cubs game against the St. Louis Cardinals on ESPN. Around the top of ...

-Debra Ruth Kolodny crafts “A new Ceremony of Simchat Bat,� explaining the rationale behind the process. (Ritualwell)-Rabbi Shlomi Aviner, one ...

Do you use a special toothbrush and toothpaste to brush your teeth on Shabbat? If not, it appears that you’re ...

-Avner Rinat is working to be “awarded the desirable title of holder of an A-level bird-ringing license.� (Haaretz)-Are irises making ...

Over the last few days, I’ve written much (I, II, III) about the Prayer for the State of Israel and ...

As promised, here is the complete text of Sarah Margles’ speech about the Prayer for the State of Israel (mentioned ...

Last week, I wrote about a JTA article discussing communities that are rethinking the Prayer for the State of Israel, ...

I’m a few days late, but I must take serious issue with my good friend Ariel Beery’s recent Blogs of ...

UPDATE: It turns out this story has some major falsehoods attached to it. The FBI has since denied any involvement ...

It has been almost a year since the Jewish Theological Seminary announced it will accept students that identify as gay, ...