It was a sunny winter day in Boca Raton, Florida. My mother and I approached the home where local history ...

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This past weekend I went to a family bat mitzvah in the DC area. It was an intense weekend, full ...

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From kibbitz/kibbutz to mitzvah/mikveh, we round up some easily confused Hebrew and Yiddish terms.

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Judaism places a high value on passing stories from generation to generation. Here’s how to get the most out of your conversations with your parents and grandparents.

The rabbinic sages and later philosophers and mystics offered many ways to categorize the mitzvot and explain their significance.

Three weeks had passed since they had put my daughter’s hand in a cast. A small misstep while working with ...