Keeping Kosher

9 tips to help your family get along, even if members observe Judaism differently.

Blessing food does not make it kosher, nor is food that has not been blessed necessarily unkosher.

Dealing with disagreements in interpretation of the law.

Jewish dietary practices allow us to welcome the sacred into our daily lives and into mundane acts.

Can I feed my dog treyf meat?

Parashat Mishpatim includes a very curious law about eating meat.

What's so special about mevushal wine?

Some Jews perform symbolic sanctification of newly acquired items.

This portion challenges us to express our most intimate and deeply held values with every mouthful.

What can we do with knowledge of the sources of our food?

There is a lot to learn from the long tradition of Jewish aversion to pork.