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Rosh Hashanah Staples You Can Buy at Costco
We know you guys love the bulk-buying heaven also known as Costco. Where else can you simultaneously pick up new ...
Who is this Shmelf the Hanukkah Elf?
It’s not even Rosh Hashanah, and some people are already talking about Hanukkah! There’s a new children’s book: Shmelf the ...
The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
If you had walked into Washington D.C.’s L’Enfant Plaza on the morning of January 12, 2007, you would have been ...
Awakening the Senses
Rosh Hashanah is coming. I know, because rabbinic colleagues are posting on Facebook about their daily preparation of sermons, and Jewish blogs ...
Goals and Hopes During Elul
It’s the most magical time of the year.And it’s not Christmas.It’s Elul!I love the month of Elul because it is ...
Make a Window in the Word
My favorite Hasidic teaching is a teaching about prayer couched in a homily on Noah’s Ark. God tells Noah to make ...
The Halakhic Prenup: Embracing Religious Tension
I spent the last two years learning in a beit midrash (Jewish hall of study) in Israel. My beit midrash ...
Jewish Perspectives on Labor Day
There is some irony in the observance of “Labor Day” in our country: It is a holiday acknowledging the achievements ...
Judaism in a Secular Age – Just What God Wanted!
Six weeks from now when the world and the Jewish People experience another Rosh Hashanah, we will stand before God ...
Tu B’Av, Love Yourself Challenge
Last night marked the beginning of the holiday of Tu B’Av. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone. ...
The Gender of Our Clergy Need Not Dictate Where Women Breastfeed
In her JOFA post, “I Wasn’t Asking for Your Opinion,” Rabbanit Sharona Halickman rightfully criticizes the Orthodox Union for “only now ...
Tisha B’Av: Transforming Victimhood, Accessing Our Most Powerful Selves
The great challenge is learning how to honor the past while being able to create a future based on fresh ...