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This, Too, Is Torah: Finding “Torah” Everywhere

One of my absolute favorite Jewish expressions is found in one of the most outlandish stories in the Talmud (collection of commentaries ...

The morning after: Having arrived at Genesis 18:23 with my 9th graders, it seemed like the only thing to do ...

My Jewish life has always been active. I became a Bat Mitzvah right on time, inherited the position of cantorial ...

Towards the beginning of the Tractate Berachot (27b-28a) in the Talmud, there is a story about Rabban Gamaliel (the second ...

We don't agree on politics and we don't agree on religion, and we talk about them all the time.

There is a famous story in the Talmud that describes several rabbis arguing about whether a fellow’s oven is fit ...

I have a weak knee, which may someday need to be replaced. I know the single most important thing I ...

Last week the story of Tom Chai Sosnik, a teenager that came out as transgender at Tehiyah Day School, his ...

Last weekend a group of 60+ LGBTQ and ally teens joined together for the 4th annual Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally ...

Last weekend a group of 60+ LGBTQ and ally teens joined together for the 4th annual Keshet/Hazon LGBTQ & Ally ...