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Seitan Brisket

A wonderful vegetarian equivalent to the traditional meal dish.

Counting the Jewish Years

How the Jewish year is numbered.

When The Big Game is on The Big Day

This special holiday post comes from guest blogger Rabbi Matt Rosenberg, Executive Director of Hillel at Texas A&M University. Thank ...

Where Do the Notes In the Western Wall Go?

Thousands of notes are placed in the wall each year. What happens to all that paper?

Fast Forward through the 50

Seriously, somebody should just come out with a top-50 list of Jewish top-50 lists. This year’s Forward 50 was just ...

Dear Friend, May You Be Written in the Book of Life

“May you be Written in the Book of Life” is such a nice phrase to utter at this time of ...

Knowing When To Sound the Gong

This week's portion calls for dialogue and accountability.

Seder Moed (Appointed Time)

The order of the Mishnah that describes the customs, laws, and rituals of Judaism's holy days

Shelo Asani Isha

It was mid-August and the air conditioning was broken in the café on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Across ...

Yom Kippur’s Circle Dance

Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...

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