holidays

What Shavuot Teaches Us About Women

This commentary is provided by special arrangement with American Jewish World Service. To learn more, visit www.ajws.org.The first verse of ...

It all started with an e-mail from my mom a couple of years ago. She had been googling my name ...

There’s a cool article in the NYTimes today about the pastry chef in the White House. He sounds like an ...

Mother’s Day isn’t a specifically Jewish holiday — or, to put it more bluntly, the goyim celebrate it, too — ...

I’ve got my first music writing gig in a while, reviewing the new Shondes album for the Forward. And while ...

Today is Yom HaZikaron, Israeli Memorial Day. If you’ve ever been to a tekes (ceremony) for Yom Hazikaron you’ve probably ...

Do you like TMZ.com? What about their TV show? I gotta admit that a highlight of my morning is reading ...

I still haven’t broken Passover. And I’m kind of cool with that.(Okay, I sort of promised myself as I sat ...

The best way to celebrate Easter (or Passover, or Tu Bishvat, or Holocaust Remembrance Day) is by eating some chocolate ...

It’s funny how Passover hits you in different ways. When I was a kid, I would absolutely dread the holiday. ...