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Summer Reading Recommendation: Esther Goes to Madison, WI
Last month I was picking through a pile of books and came across Good for the Jews, by Debra Spark, ...
Beliefs & Practices, Pray, Prayer Services
How to Have an Aliyah
What you should know before you're called to the Torah.
Shabbat in the Modern World
In modern times, non-Orthodox Jews have largely abandoned Shabbat observance, despite many innovations intended to encourage it.
Denominations, Jewish History, Live, Study
Conservative Judaism Today
Smaller but more committed, the movement is seeing vibrant, sometimes divisive debate as it navigates between tradition and change.
Jews & Globalization
Jews (not surprisingly) fall on different sides of the issue, but Jews and Israel have also been the target of anti-globalization anger.
Israeli Culture, Jewish Art, Jewish Culture
Yaacov Agam
The artist's unique geographical creations have made him a leading pioneer of optic and kinetic art.
Israel, Jews Around the Globe, Modern Israel, Sephardic Jews, Study
Israel’s Vibrant Jewish Ethnic Mix
Just because Israel is a Jewish country doesn't mean all its Jews are the same.
Kabbalah & Jewish Prayer
By adding new hymns, prayers, and meditations, medieval Jewish mystics reframed Jewish worship in their own esoteric terms.
Talmudic Curses and Insults
Before there was Shakespeare, there were some angry rabbis.