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Is The Jewish Community In America Actually In Crisis?

A month after its publication, the “Statement on Jewish Vitality,” signed by a number of leading Jewish communal figures, has ...

Bathroom Blessing Blues

Last Hanukkah my mother gave me a decorative wall hanging with the text of Asher Yatzar, also known as the ...

Conservation and Experimentation

If ritual is to create a shared language across the generations, we must ensure the Judaism we practice is recognizable both to our ancestors and descendants.

Books, Books, and More Books

For one day at the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz, writers, and poets take the place of journalists in covering the news ...

Reading Torah in Korea With A Chopstick

Judaism takes on familiar and new forms on the Korean peninsula

Whisky Menorah

I customarily make a Hanukiyah out of beer bottles, as a kind of homage to the hipsters in my life. ...

The Parve Baker

One of my favorite people is Jennifer Joseph, the publisher, editor-in-chief, and almost everything else behind the independent publisher Manic ...

How to Make Rainbow Cookies

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

Lighting Shabbat Candles

Everything you need to know about kindling the Sabbath lights.

Interfaith Families

With intermarriage an acknowledged part of the American landscape, the only remaining debate is how to respond to interfaith unions.

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