A while back I suggested a unique way of doing the chesbon nefesh (soul’s accounting) we are expected to do ...

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

Laughter was Rosenthal's family currency, but now he is passing on Jewish food to his own kids.

“Why don’t you learn to read the megillah,” asked my husband a few months before Purim.I thought about it for ...

The High Holiday season just ended. A spiritual, emotional and communal journey through Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot culminated ...

Tu B'Shvat, trees, and bringing holiness in to the world

For days when it's too hot to turn on the oven.

Moses' poetic mention of rain and dew teaches us to recognize both the obvious and subtle presence of God in the world.

In this week’s installment of “From the Academy,â€? Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture ...

Last week in my review of Rabbi Elie Kaunfer’s book, Empowered Judaism, I wrote about how I’ve never had the ...