Opinion
Being on the receiving end of tzedakah for the past eleven months as an unemployed Jewish communal professional has not…
While the congregant spoke about the difficulty in finding meaning in a child’s death, a visitor sitting on an aisle…
The whole experience encapsulated what Judaism is all about: spreading love and kindness to others.
How do you celebrate a holiday dedicated to memory when a person’s memory is fading?
“Forget Kol Nidrei, rabbi! Asher Yatzar. That’s where it’s at!”
The husband shrugged. “What are latkes?” I thought he was kidding. Who doesn’t know from latkes?
No one spoke. We all moved as if we were underwater. And somehow, then we had to make Rosh Hashanah.
And so there I was, a few months later, standing under Josh and Margot's chuppah reciting the sixth of the…
Why do Americans feel so bad when, by every meaningful measure, we have it so good? That’s the question that…
Almost a year ago, I received a call that was profoundly disturbing. First, some background. Last year, in recognition of…
Misconception: Unlike the Jews of Christian Europe who suffered pogroms, blood libels, Crusades, et cetera, the Jews living under Islamic…
