Beliefs & Practices

I just took a walk outside on the rare lunchtime spent in the company of fresh air — well, as ...

All clarity derives from faith, and faith is initially a composite of fear and love. The soul in its inner ...

With none of the security barrier’s four “fingers” (e.g. to enclose Ariel and Kedumim) built, and large gaps (e.g. between ...

When I first heard about Twitter, I thought it was going to be a passing fad. Having already had Facebook, ...

How many times have you heard that one? Growing up, it wasn’t a big surprise: our family would go out ...

One of the fascinating things about the Bible, especially the book of Genesis, is the way that family dynamics play ...

God as we encounter him in the Bible takes a risk monumental in its implications. He creates one being, humanity, ...

In his last blog, David Plotz, author of Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned ...

In second grade everyone in my class was given a US President to study. Mine was Jimmy Carter, and long ...

Defying the general trend toward a merger, the three branches of the JCC of Greater Philadelphia will each be going ...

David Plotz is guest-blogging for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.There are the writers who succeed by arguing evolution exists ...

I saw this yesterday and considered blogging about it. But now the story has become too good not to talk ...