Religion
The genesis of this essay began with an inquiry by the Jewish Action editors as to whether there is enough…
Photo: Vosamo Photography The Story of the Robe When I first arrived in Atlanta, Georgia,…
Something strange is happening in Silicon Valley. A growing number of Jews living at high-tech industry’s doorstep are dramatically changing…
The Jew who arrives early to the daily synagogue service will soon hear these words chanted: “Ashreinu . . .…
Mesorah and innovation: a contradiction in terms? To understand how these two concepts can coexist, we must first define them.…
Facts and Figures about the New Year AT A GLANCE • 5771 has 385 days, including 55 Shabbatot, the longest…
Warsaw Photo: Ahron D. Weiner/www.ahronphoto.com The big news in Krakow’s Jewish community last year didn’t make the news. A young…
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, chief rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, kindly agreed to be interviewed for this special…
In my childhood, a half-century ago in Buffalo’s North Park neighborhood that served as a passage point between the East…
MISCONCEPTION: The person who sprinkles the ashes of a parah adumah (“red heifer”) on a tamei (ritually impure) person…
Q: I know you’re supposed to eat sweet foods this time of year, but I don’t want all the calories! Is…
