More Holidays

Tisha B’Av (Aug. 5th), which commemorates the destruction of the Temple also marks the seven week countdown to Rosh Hashanah. ...

“To celebrate freedom and democracy while forgetting America’s origins in a slavery economy is patriotism a’ la carte.” A recent ...

The world is in chaos. An airplane with more than 300 people shot down over Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of ...

As of yesterday, Monday July 28th, we Jews have begun “The Nine Days.”You may not know what I’m talking about, ...

I was sitting in synagogue beside a beautiful, ornate, wood carved mechitzah when I saw something I had never noticed ...

While on the surface, the last two posts on this blog from my colleagues, Laura Duhan Kaplan and Joshua Ratner, are about ...

A week after we celebrated the 66th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel, I’ve been reflecting ...

If you’re wondering whether or not Jews should send valentines, give chocolates, and generally “feel the love” when it comes ...

Tu Bishvat, which begins tonight, is the fourth new year of the Jewish calendar. Beginning as  a tax holiday for ...

What’s the first Jewish holiday we’ll be welcoming in the secular New Year of 2014 (besides Shabbat, of course)? Tu ...

This week, we have heard endless blatheration on what Trayvon Martin should have done, whether Zimmerman was legally culpable, whether ...