Practices

Recently, in a four-part series published in the Charlotte Observer, my old college roommate Binyamin Appelbaum, broke a huge story ...

A very interesting letter to the editor in this week’s Jewish Week raises a fascinating question: With gay and lesbian ...

Here are some great sites to get your kids or students excited about Passover. Babaganewz has a terrific magic trick, ...

The Forward‘s got the scoop on novelist Jonathan Safran Foer’s next writing projects. The first is a continuation to his ...

This past Shabbat, my little boy was a prisoner of Jewish law. The DC Eruv was down, which meant that ...

Cold temperatures have finally arrived in much of the United States, but Israel’s Ashkenazic chief rabbi has just nixed the ...

What should you do when your son refuses to go to Hebrew school? Or when your daughter asks you about ...

This week’s Jewish Week includes three letters to the editor about Rabbi Michael Broyde’s article that I blogged about yesteday. ...

In last week’s Jewish Week, Rabbi Michael Broyde — rabbi of the Young Israel of Toco Hills (Atlanta) and professor ...

Valentine’s Day is problematic for Jews. Not only is it a saint’s day, but it’s got a nasty history of ...