This special holiday post comes from guest blogger Rabbi Matt Rosenberg, Executive Director of Hillel at Texas A&M University. Thank ...

Thousands of notes are placed in the wall each year. What happens to all that paper?

Seriously, somebody should just come out with a top-50 list of Jewish top-50 lists. This year’s Forward 50 was just ...

“May you be Written in the Book of Life” is such a nice phrase to utter at this time of ...

The order of the Mishnah that describes the customs, laws, and rituals of Judaism's holy days

Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...

In my grandparents’ homes, as in the shtetlach from whence they came, the food was sweet and sour – just ...

This week's portion calls for dialogue and accountability.

The best alfajores, pastrami sandwiches, and kosher steak in Buenos Aires.

Like many other traditional Ashkenazi Jewish foods I didn’t really grow up eating stuffed cabbage. Italian meatballs and sauce on ...