Send a Purim treat to anyone in the U.S.

Yesterday I blogged about our need, as a community, to confront the darker corners of our textual tradition. I worried ...

For hundreds of years, most Persian musicians were Jews.

Matt Bar sees dead people.He doesn’t hold seances or visit graveyards — not literal graveyards, anyway. Instead, he takes revisits ...

The rabbis imagined the Bible's Vashti as both evil villain and tragic heroine.

The seder is my favorite Jewish ritual, and every year, I have the best of intentions. In line with the ...

Carnival, Mardi Gras, Carnaval.  These words convey exhuberance, dancing, masks, and overflowing joy (and often excess). From Rio to New ...

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Talking about an “Anyada Buena” with Ladino singer and activist Sarah Aroeste

The details for scheduling traditional Jewish nuptials.