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Shavuot History: Talmudic Development

How the Rabbis brought Sinai and the Torah to the center of what had been a harvest celebration.

The History of Jewish Dance

Jewish dance from the Bible to Hasidism.

This Week in Noshing

I feel like I have barely left my apartment building for the past several weeks. Every week has been another ...

How to Choose a Siddur, or Jewish Prayer Book

It helps to know what lies behind the muted bindings and the denominational labels of today's wide array of possibilities.

God’s Gender: A Traditionalist View

If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.

Partners in Prayer: A Recipe for Success

A new partnership minyan was recently formed in Hampstead in North-West London. Here, two of the founders, Beverly Paris and ...

Jews and Tattoos: Navigating a new landscape

Once a month at our family Shabbat service we ask families to submit questions in advance in what, in lieu ...

How I Ended Up Delivering the Sermon on Rosh Hashanah

Over the summer, Larry, the organizer of the minyan that I attend for Rosh Hashanah, sent out an email asking ...

Inquisition in Spain

How Jews went from protected minority to persona non grata in just a few years.

Shabbat for Families

How to make Shabbat your family's favorite day of the week.

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