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Gift Ideas for your Foodie Father
My dad’s not much of a foodie. Well, he likes food, but he’s perfectly fine sitting back and letting the ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Talking About Abortion From the Bimah
This past weekend I went to a family bat mitzvah in the DC area. It was an intense weekend, full ...
Jewish Texts, JOFA's Torch, Live, Study, Talmud, Women & Feminism
What!? You Mean Women Can Actually Study Talmud?
Memories of the film, Yentl, came to mind when a number of highly Jewishly educated women invited me to join ...
Desserts, Eat, Jewish Recipes, Shavuot, Shavuot Food
How to Make Perfect Cheesecake 5 Ways
Cheesecake is the iconic Shavuot dessert, as sacrosanct as a Hanukkah latke or Passover matzah ball.
Nostalgia is My Favorite Ingredient: Talking Jewish Cooking with Julia Turshen
Turshen's new cookbook features menu after menu for readers to enjoy.
Food, Music and Meshugas: Bringing the Lower East Side to Life
One of my main goals in writing The Inquisitor’s Apprentice was to bring the Lower East Side to life for ...
Conversion, Gender & Sexuality, Live
Mayyim Hayyim, a Progressive Community Mikveh, Opens
Today in Jewish History: May 14, 2004
Celebrate, Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
What is Shemini Atzeret?
Not quite Sukkot, not quite its own holiday.