Practices

Old-Time Religion

Not sure how I missed this, but thanks to Mark Berch for pointing out this story about Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz ...

Anti-Semitic Liturgy

In light of Eli Stern’s op-ed about interfaith dialogue that I blogged about yesterday, this news story about Orthodox Christians ...

Kvetching About Minyan

A lot has been written about the independent minyan movement, but most of that writing isn’t so funny. Not that ...

Tikkun Olam Watch

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

Is Patrilineal Descent Next?

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

Passover Fun Roundup

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

The Safran Foer Haggadah

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

Without an Eruv

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

Chief Rabbi Says “No” to Fur

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

Jewish Parenting

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