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Cheesin’ For a Reason!

Be it brie, mozzarella or feta, I, like just about everyone, love cheese.There are so many reasons to love cheese, ...

One Student’s Ordination Affects Us All

Yeshiva University’s recent decision to withhold semicha (rabbinic ordination) from one of its about-to-graduate rabbis because of his participation in ...

Gluhwein (Mulled Wine)

My husband and I aren’t really the sit-on-a-beach-for-a-week types, so instead of a beach vaca for our honeymoon, we went ...

What Does Judaism Say About Wine?

Wine is an essential part of major Jewish rituals — but the Torah is also wary of the dangers of over-consumption.

The Israeli Supreme Court

The highest court in the land stands up to the government policy and second-guesses parliamentary regulations.

East Central European Cuisine

Ashkenazi cuisine with a cosmopolitan twist.

The Jewish World At My Door

I love the idea of the global nature of the Jewish world a lot. I love the reality even more.  ...

Judaism and the Homeless

Jewish law demands that everyone have adequate and permanent housing.

A Moving Checklist

Suggestions on how to go about relocating to a new Jewish community

Rabbinic, Medieval, and Early Modern History of Healing

The evolution of attitudes towards physicians, beliefs connecting illness and sin, prayers for healing, and the use of folk healing traditions.

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