This past December I had the pleasure of attending for the first time the annual Latke fest held at the ...

Were Mordecai and Esther assimilated Jews?

If you stuff your falafel sandwich with pickled turnips and cucumbers, what’s stopping you from adding something pickled to your ...

Reading the Torah has always fascinated me. I grew up in a home of leyners (readers of Torah, traditionally men) ...

Darin Strauss’s most recent book, Half a Life: A Memoir, is now available. He will be blogging all week for ...

Ask any Jew what Hanukkah is about and you are likely to get one of two possible explanations: Maccabees or ...

Bridgegate.The story broke two weeks ago, and updates are still front-page news.Allegedly, New Jersey Governor Christie’s leadership team closed lanes ...

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Respect the elders.

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