Dan Ring

There’s a common stereotype about the American South. A nice one: people here are friendlier when compared to the rest ...

As Mensch Madness continues, our next match-up is between the one… the only… the Father of Monotheism… Abraham! And his ...

I spend a lot of time with Conservatives in the South. Conservative Jews, in this case (probably not what most ...

In this season of Thanksgivukkah, I’ve started to think a lot about cultural syncretism.  I’ve come to the conclusion that, ...

The Daf Yomi (Hebrew for “page a day”), is a program for learning Talmud.  Participants study one page a day, ...

Pilgrimage: “a journey to a place associated with someone or something well known or respected” (The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of ...