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My 10-year-old son, Micah, came home from school earlier this week humming a familiar tune. “The Place Where I Belong” by ...

As we prepare to commemorate Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, I’ve been thinking about my father- in- law, Leon Schipper, ...

This year Tu Bishvat begins at sundown on January 24, 2016. May the holiday be a catalyst in bringing your ...

On September 10, 1813, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led the U.S. Navy to victory in the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie, which ...

Our hearts are heavy. This past Thursday evening marked the onset of Tu B’Av, the traditional Jewish holiday celebrating love. ...

Tu B’Av was once a day when unwed women of Jerusalem dressed in white and congregated in local vineyards to ...

Tu B’Av may be considered a minor Jewish holiday, but it feels especially appropriate to recognize in light of the ...

Yesterday, around the world, we Jews observed Tisha B’Av, a day of grieving the historical destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, ...

I did not fast during Ramadan. But I did somehow experience a little bit of the meaning of the Muslim ...

For those of us engaged in the lifelong passion and struggle of learning Torah with a feminist consciousness, writing it ...

“’…But, mother, I won’t be alone. Other children will go with me, And march the streets of Birmingham to make ...