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Best of the Week

It has definitely been a strange, strange week. Mid-week Passover seders really can throw you off. Besides staying up to ...

What Matzah Symbolizes

Unleavened bread represents both slavery and freedom.

Passover, 70 Years After the Liberation

“It was the day before Passover, and our Division Chaplain, of the 42nd Rainbow Division sent out a notice that we were ...

Major Themes in Anthropologies of Judaism

Anthropological studies of Judaism come to grips with some of the big themes in Jewish culture: the centrality of texts, the question of performance, and historical change.

Moed Katan 2

Welcome to Moed Katan!

For Passover and the Exodus, Think Rivers, Not Seas

With a river one is able to see the other side, and so the potential for crossing over to a new life is attainable.

Eating Fruit on Tu Bishvat

This tie to the land of Israel has been carried out in many ways.

Shavuot At Home

Shavuot at Home. Shavuot, Receiving the Torah. Featured Articles on Shavuot. Jewish Holidays.

Jewish Liturgy

It's not just what you do in synagogue.

Do We Need Lent in Judaism?

There are two funny images I like to circulate this time every year as we approach the Passover holiday. The ...

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