Practices
Hebrew, Tattoos & Survivor
Here’s a conversation that I’ve had on numerous occasions in the past couple of weeks:Me: OH MY GOD! Did you ...
Imagine you don’t know how to read a novel.
In his last posts, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building ...
Traif On A First Date?
To celebrate the end of Passover, I’ve only been eating bread for the past two days. Only bread. Nothing else. ...
Why Bake Your Own Matzah?
In his last post, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building ...
Synagogues and Settlements
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer is the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities. ...
Wise Fridays: Where’s the Bread?
“Where there is no bread, there is no Torah.” —Pirkei Avot: Ethics of the Fathers 3:17 Find more Wise Fridays ...
What About Corn?
It started with a simple tweet. Little did I know that I would be spending my morning figuring out the ...
Jewsteria Lane
Nora Rubel is the author of the recently-published Doubting the Devout: The Ultra-Orthodox in the Jewish American Imagination. In her ...
Wise Fridays: Don’t Worry
“Rabbi Yehiel maintained that he had learnt from his teachers never to worry about two things–what can be corrected and ...
Shabbat Unplugged
Late last year, I finally got around to reading A.J. Jacobs’ Year of Living Biblically. One thing that stuck out ...