FAQ
Ask the Expert: Kosher Wine and Kosher Mevushal Wine
What's so special about mevushal wine?
Ask the Expert: Burying the Genizah
What should be done with old Torah scrolls and sacred texts?
Ask the Expert: Jews and the Stock Market
Does Judaism allow high-risk investments and gambling?
Jewish Law and Body Piercing: A Conservative Perspective
A Conservative responsum explores the Jewish issues involved.
Jewish-Christian Relations Today
Though Jews and Christians have had a complicated and tense relationship, relations today are better than ever.
Judaism and Cats
Ancient Jewish sources are ambivalent about cats, seeing them as somewhere between domestic and wild.
The Jewish Leap Year Explained
Why the Jewish year sometimes adds an extra month of Adar and how that changes holidays and Torah readings.
How to Find a Yahrzeit Date
Resources for finding — and remembering — the Hebrew anniversary of a loved one's death.
Building a Jewish Home Quiz
A Jewish home has many unique features, and it is a key space for Jewish identity formation in families. How ...
What Is A Gabbai?
Gabbai (pl. gabbaim) is an Aramaic word that means tax collector, but today a gabbai is someone who assists with the reading of the Torah.
