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Celebrate, Desserts, Eat, Israel, Jewish Recipes, Shavuot, Study
Chocolate Halva Donuts
Move over cupcake, there’s a new trendy dessert in town and her name is the donut. Don’t get me wrong ...
JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
When a Woman Leads Services, A Community Struggles With Its Identity
Recently, the Ritual Committee of my congregation, Kehillat Yedidya in Jerusalem, asked its members whether we might occasionally allow Kabbalat ...
Israel, Israel History, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish History, Modern Israel, Modern Jewish History, Study
Shimon Peres
Longtime leader of Israel's Labor Party.
Denominations, Live, Rabbis Without Borders
Is The Jewish Community In America Actually In Crisis?
A month after its publication, the “Statement on Jewish Vitality,” signed by a number of leading Jewish communal figures, has ...
Gender & Sexuality, Keshet, Pray
Bathroom Blessing Blues
Last Hanukkah my mother gave me a decorative wall hanging with the text of Asher Yatzar, also known as the ...
Conservation and Experimentation
If ritual is to create a shared language across the generations, we must ensure the Judaism we practice is recognizable both to our ancestors and descendants.
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Sages & Scholars, Study
Moshe (Moses) Isserles: Rema
Rema's glosses emended and enhanced the Shulchan Aruch.
Jeremiah: Prophet of Judgment and of Hope
Jeremiah's tragic message is conveyed by both his prophecies and account of Jerusalem's destruction, but he also gives his people hope.