As the only Jewish kid in his middle school in suburban Mississippi, my youngest son Eric will be telling his ...

Melissa Fay Greene is the author of No Biking in the House Without a Helmet. She will be blogging all ...

For more Hanukkah recipes, click here and here!Hanukkah is all about the latkes, sufganiyot and all the other delicious fried ...

I often wonder what group I would have belonged to when people were being asked to stand up and be ...

Last night our congregation’s chant meditation group met to contemplate light as we arrived at the cusp of the darkest ...

Finding meaning this High Holiday season

With the flurry of discussion about how Jewish and interfaith families are handling the confluence of Hanukkah and Christmas this ...

When we brought our baby son home from the hospital nearly 27 years ago, we imagined many things for his ...

I’ve had four opportunities to visit the Soviet Union/Former Soviet Union over the years, the fourth being the trip I’m preparing ...

Every December, I am overwhelmed by the magnitude of Jewish celebrations taking place across the United States. This is a ...