recharge

With some exceptions, the Jewish people have always been beset by external conflict and inner turmoil. 

The ancient rabbis were well aware that control of the calendar was linked to their authority over the Jewish people

Jewish weddings don't require a rabbi. But here's why it's a good idea anyway.

The curses listed at the end of the Book of Leviticus are less a warning than an empowering message that the past need not be repeated.

The record of an ancient theft clues us in to the obscured role of Jewish priestesses.

Someday our current sorrows will be memories, woven into the tapestry of our shared destiny.

Living the Jewish calendar is to be bound by Jewish peoplehood and Jewish solidarity

In this moment of crisis, we need to let things arise and evaporate, leaving us unburdened enough to do the work of peace.

Why does Jewish tradition instruct us to endlessly retell the story of our ancestors' enslavement?

The visceral cries of the enslaved Israelites, not their words, was essential to the process of liberation.