Religion

JEWISH LIVING

How to Host Shabbos Guests

Your guests might span the spectrum of Jewry. . . . It has to be okay with you. Just know…

JEWISH LIVING

How to Do Bikkur Cholim

Our guiding principle for bikkur cholim—as chaplains, rabbis or people in the community—is this: when in doubt, show up.

JEWISH LIVING

How to Pay a Shivah Call

Grief may take a long time. While Chazal established certain time periods for aveilus, there’s no set recovery time for…

JEWISH LIVING

How to Make a Kiddush Hashem at Work

Keep in mind that whatever circumstance you find yourself in, whatever activity you’re involved in, whatever words you use, reflect…

CHURBAN

Sephardic Kinot: Exploring Moroccan Tradition

In Morocco we didn’t eat meat the entire Nine Days [similar to the Ashkenazic minhag and unlike other Sephardim], although…

INSPIRATION

Time to Sing a New Song: Thoughts One Year After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis

They will all have challenges in their lives, I thought, and I want them to see that someone with a…

RELIGION

Whose Museum of the Bible Is It?

A visit to the museum provides an opportunity for Jews to learn about the impact of our central sacred texts…

EDUCATION

Innovation Comes to Beitar

“My goal is to preserve our beautiful communities. But sometimes you have to adapt in order to preserve in an…

JEWISH THOUGHT

What’s the Truth about . . . Joseph’s “Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”?

Was the ketonet passim an “Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat?” There are traditional interpretations that describe it as multi-colored, although that is…

SHAVUOT

Light in all the Dark Places

How could it be that children of Nazis live right here in Israel and no one knows about them?

PASSOVER

The Machine Matzah Controversy

Why were some rabbis so opposed to machine matzah?

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