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Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Celebrate, Live
In This Place and Time–New Traditional Bat Mitzvah
The women's prayer service is becoming the choice venue for a bat mitzvah in Orthodox synagogues that value egalitarianism and learning.
Celebrate, Disability, The Canteen
My Son, His Autism, and My New Appreciation for Hanukkah
Last August, when my son, Jonah, returned from sleepaway camp with a sunburn, an array of nasty-looking mosquito bites, and a ...
Celebrate, JOFA's Torch, Shavuot, Women & Feminism
Rediscovering Megillat Ruth
Last year I rediscovered Megillat Ruth. On the morning of the second day of Shavuot I joined a closely knit ...
Shavuot Decorations
These are traditionally found both in the home and the synagogue.
Promowork: A Necessary Evil
This week, Joshua Cohen and Justin Taylor exchange ideas around book promotion, materials of writing, and the devolution of the author. Today, ...
Sisterhood is Complicated
Rachel and Leah's complex relationship allows us to imagine new possibilities for strengthening our own relationships.
Deena Has Four Mommies: Tales of Co-parenting in Tanach
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
One Solution: A Pluralistic Outreach-Inreach Program
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.