When I first began studying Yiddish, I felt like I was remembering something I already knew.It was a lovely sensation, this ...

Where did the Jewish Day of Atonement come from?

Laws regarding purity and impurity may seem obscure to modern Jews, but the concepts give us a glimpse into a world where manifestations of death within life are not sanitized away.

Leprous Nazirites.

Who’s the man?

There’s nothing like old friends. They connect us with our past, remind us of the continuity of our life, embrace ...

Themes and Theology of the Jewish Body. The Jewish Body. Jewish Body Traditions.

Hanukkah (the first candle is lit on the evening of Dec. 20, 2011) is the Jewish holiday which celebrates miracles. ...

Getting up and walking around the block marks the end of a week of mourning.

The Jewish calendar has a number of such days in addition to Yom Kippur.