The author proposes that only an active program that combines inreach to "faithless" Jews and outreach to unchurched spiritual seekers can revitalize the Jewish community.

Originally bar mitzvah meant simply "coming of age." The ceremony developed much later.

Joseph's status as an outsider, and the outsider status of the Jewish people, allow for critical insight into the deeper truths of the surrounding people.

Fight for it.

What it means to be a contemporary mother and to be a Jewish mother today

Only a few days ago I finished saying Kaddish, and today was the day my mother would have turned 56. ...

Have you heard about The Hester? Operating out of the Ditmas Park, Brooklyn home of Itta Werdiger Roth and her husband, ...

A way to infuse this Rosh Hashanah ritual with extra meaning.

Weeping, weeping.

Making the holiday meaningful when you didn't grow up with it.