JOFA’s Torch

My father died on Rosh Hashanah 5764. He died at home, in a clean white bed, surrounded by his wife ...

“Imma I want an upsherin!” My daughter revealed this mid-way through her first year at a Chabad preschool, where she ...

I have a rich undergraduate memory of a professor teaching about communities. She said that one of the key aspects ...

Ten of us walked to the creek, each one carrying her own trepidation, confusion, and curiosity. We represented different approaches ...

As this summer, and this Jewish year wind down, I’m completing the painting and writing for my fourth illuminated book ...

One of the great disappointments of this summer has been finding out, with the publication of Harper Lee’s Go Set ...

When you see an adorable baby, a stunning gem, or an intricately illustrated medieval Hagaddah, don’t you feel a yearning to ...

Israel is the most uplifting place in the world, and on my trip there last week I felt the usual ...

On Feb. 28, 2012, 5 Adar, my entire world changed. My first child was born. My center of gravity moved ...

Laws of family purity and sex should be private, but can they be too private?Some of this post contains adult ...

Although the official subtitle of last month’s London JOFA conference was “Reinforcing Tradition through Renewal,” what I took away from ...

There is a place for every man and woman in feminism. Furthermore, there is a place for every Jewish woman ...