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7 Tips for Hosting Yom Kippur Break Fast (Without Breaking a Sweat)

It's all about prepping ahead and taking it easy.

Megillah 21

Sitting or standing.

Not Your Grandfather’s Manishewitz: My Mission to Bring Good Wine to Your Seder

At this time of year, I have a mission… to save Jews from bad wine. Now, I know that some ...

Summary of Tractate Ketubot

Laws of marriage contracts and a whole lot more.

Faster, Faster: Asara B’Tevet

Today is the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tevet, and as such is a minor fast day. You ...

Old School Birthing

Yesterday’s New York Times profiled the recent rise in home birthing, a concept that started out as the only option ...

Defining Charity

While Palestinians continue to battle each other for control of Gaza, another battle involving Hamas is taking place on American ...

Things You Can’t Do on Yom Kippur

On Yom Kippur, many activities are prohibited to preserve the sanctity of the day.

Chicken Fricassee Is a Jewish Classic

Ashkenazi-style braised chicken and meatballs.

How to Make Rainbow Cookies

This Italian dessert has long been a staple of the synagogue Kiddush.

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