Tu Bishvat is not the holiday that commemorates the destruction of the temple; that’s Tisha B’Av, though I understand why ...

Or Shalom, Vancouver’s East-Side Shul, the synagogue I serve as spiritual leader, is a community of 200 households that has ...

Though the original versions contained coffee, now it's usually just an accompaniment.

On the plane this morning I ended up being seated next to a guy who is in rabbinical school, and ...

I know it’s kind of weird to have a favorite fast day, but I do. Tzom Gedaliah, I kind of ...

Rosh Hashanah is a time for eating! Jews fast on Yom Kippur, and some other holidays as well.

When news broke last week that Israelis and Palestinians had agreed to a new round of peace talks, how did ...

On today’s homepage, MyJewishLearning is featuring a fascinating new article about Daily Show host Jon Stewart. To go along with ...

Chabad is nothing if not well-organized. Each year, they release a set of uniform lesson plans to literally hundreds of ...

Cantillation or trope has always mesmerized me. I know of no other religion that has a similar system for chanting ...