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Judaism has communal fasts that are not on the yearly calendar and numerous occasions when individuals may choose to fast.

Miriam, whose death is recorded in Parashat Chukat, embodied the honor and glory of the women of Israel.

I come from a rather Modern Orthodox, Ashkenazi family that is composed mostly of women. The only male in my ...

Yesterday I posted an interview I did with Joshua Henkin, author of the new novel Matrimony. Now here’s an excerpt ...

The many faces of Vashti.

Getting in shape.

Charting the landscape of American Jewish literature--125 books at a time.

Everything you need to know about Yom Kippur 2014.

The former emigration station in Hamburg has special meaning for me because both of my grandfathers departed for Colombia from there in the 1930s.