Beliefs & Practices

Fear only two: God, and him who fears not God. –Yiddish preacher Judah Leib Lazerov Find more Wise Fridays wisdom ...

Somewhere between a field guide, an instruction manual, and a well-meaning memoir, Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein’s new book The Challenge ...

Elliot R. Wolfson is the Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, where he teaches ...

Shabbat is starting earlier and earlier. Someone please stop the sun. It is on a reign of terror that I ...

A few days ago a friend sent me a link to this site, and my head has been spinning ever ...

Last week I was at this salon type thing where a diverse group of Jews had a conversation about Jewish ...

Renunciation of chemical and biological warfare, and humane treatment for prisoners of war…are certainly marks of civilized peoples, but on ...

The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to Moses, “Go speak to the daughters of Israel and ask them whether ...

I’m a vegetarian, but I kiss meat-eating men pretty regularly. I’m not afraid of cooking a chicken (or a brisket, ...

…And so are you. Michaelson’s new book, Everything Is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism, is a call to ...

Rabbi Judah says: Whoever does not teach his son a trade or profession teaches him to be a thief. –Babylonian ...

It’s been said over and over again. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart is the king of the Jewish joke. ...