Beliefs & Practices

When I first moved to San Francisco, there was a huge outcry in the Orthodox community — a positive outcry, ...

Remember that priest who said he identified with the Jews because of all the warrantless persecution Catholics have been feeling ...

I don’t have a kid, and I’m a vegetarian, but that doesn’t stop me from loving this bacon-flavored baby formula ...

“The adornment of knowledge is wisdom, the adornment of wisdom is humility.” –Derekh Eretz Zuta 5 Find more Wise Fridays ...

A few days after my mother died I called T-mobile to cancel her line and to have the family plan ...

“Show respect to an old man who has forgotten his learning through no fault of his own, for we have ...

“Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum hatred for a minimum reason.” —Abraham Joshua Heschel Find more ...

Here’s my entry in the 28 Days, 28 Ideas series. The article — Idea #23 — was written for Jewcy.com, ...

Aliza Hausman just posted a great video by Ma Nishtana about mythbusting that whole Jews have sex through a hole ...

This is what the Holy One said to Israel: My children, what do I seek from you? I seek no ...

In her last posts, Melissa Broder conducted a “Jewish vs. Goyish litmus test” for the year in review, shared the ...

Just as you are commanded to say something that will be obeyed, you are commanded not to say anything when ...