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What Does ‘Torah’ Mean?
Not just the Five Books of Moses, torah can refer to a single teaching — or all of Jewish tradition.
The Most Beloved Sephardi Passover Dishes from My Childhood
Slow cooked eggs and sponge cake are filled with Passover memories.
Beliefs & Practices, Bible, Shavuot, Study
The Ten Commandments
The division and structure has been open to interpretation throughout history.
God, Jewish History, Jewish&, Study
Passing for Black?: Another Perspective
Identity is complicated.
Why Do So Few Jews Observe Shabbat?
The problem is not that Shabbat is irrelevant, but that it is too relevant.
Clothing & Appearance, Jewish Texts, Rabbis Without Borders, Study, Talmud
JP Morgan, a Prostitute, and the Talmud
…And to be clear, in the following analogy, Chase is the prostitute.At a time when two-income families struggle to make ...
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
From the Academy: Judith Hauptman
In this week’s installment of “From the Academy,â€? Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture ...
Samurai Yenta
It’s hard to kvetch about being a Japanese Jew when you’re being spoiled by ladles of chicken schmaltz spoon-fed to ...