Rosh Hashanah

All the most contentious questions of modern Jewish life ultimately boil down to questions of continuity: intermarriage, who is a ...

My husband and I are on a pilgrimage to Mt. Baker.Yes, a pilgrimage. There’s nothing else to call it.From our ...

On September 10, 1813, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led the U.S. Navy to victory in the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie, which ...

I’ve never actively sought out or consulted with a medium, or anyone who made claims to be able to communicate ...

In the summer of 2013, I left a wonderful congregation in North Carolina to pursue an exciting opportunity on the ...

There’s an old joke about a rabbi, a priest, and a minister. The three leaders are speaking on a panel ...

The majesty and transcendence of the High Holidays are behind us. Rosh Hashanah with its coronation of God and Yom ...

A while back I suggested a unique way of doing the chesbon nefesh (soul’s accounting) we are expected to do ...

This post originally appeared on this site on September 14, 2012. We re-share it now with our wishes for a ...

A minor cultural kerfuffle flared up recently about airline seats and the question of whether to recline or not.On a ...