Same same, but different.

Jackson, Mississippi has one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the country. This Saturday, 70,000(!) people will line ...

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past…”When William Faulkner wrote these words in Requiem for a Nun, I’m pretty certain he ...

The details for scheduling traditional Jewish nuptials.

Let’s make a new Jewish holiday.Wait…what?Let’s make a new Jewish holiday. When I opened a recent daily e-mail from The ...

This talmudic tractate about fasting is packed with stories.

Representation matters - in real life most of all

The Daf Yomi (Hebrew for “page a day”), is a program for learning Talmud.  Participants study one page a day, ...

Today’s post was written jointly by Arielle Nissenblatt and Lonnie Kleinman – two young Jewish professionals who also happen to ...

The talented cantor Yossele Rosenblatt (1882-1933) becomes an international star.