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I am a person who puts on, or “lays,” tefillin (phylacteries). I happen to be female. While my gender, to ...

Anyone who knows me even a bit also knows that I thrive on social contact and interacting with people. However, ...

Rabbi discusses Jewish Hanukkah Holiday traditions from around the world

Recently, the Ritual Committee of my congregation, Kehillat Yedidya in Jerusalem, asked its members whether we might occasionally allow Kabbalat ...

I have two issues with the title of this blog post. For one thing, I should not have to ask ...

This past Simchat Torah I had the fortune of dividing my time between two minyanim: the Mount Sinai Jewish Center in Washington ...

Jewish feminists have a lot to say. We have been grappling with issues of gender inclusion in Jewish life for ...

In the fortunate cases it is the grandparents, often it is the parents, and sometimes even a sibling who stands ...

Hoshana Rabbah is kind of a weird day – even for the Jewish calendar. It’s not really a holiday – ...

I recently met a woman who I really liked. We have a lot in common, being  professionally accomplished Jewish women ...