Practices
How Does Ice Cream Become Kosher?
Paul Nasrani is the owner of Adirondack Creamery, a New York State ice cream company that uses local labor and ...
10 Days to a Better You: Days 7-10
With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...
10 Days to a Better You: Day 5
With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...
10 Days to a Better You: Day 4
With Yom Kippur bearing down on us, and the promise that only “repentance, prayer, and charity can alter the severity ...
My Favorite Fast
I know it’s kind of weird to have a favorite fast day, but I do. Tzom Gedaliah, I kind of ...
Jeremiah Lockwood sings Hineni
Sometimes, you just gotta let your heart cry out. In honor of Rosh Hashanah, and in honor of the Sway ...
Our Favorite Cantor
What is a cantor? Most of my Christian friends don’t understand: The position of the cantor, or hazzan, is sort ...
Kanye, Meet the Apologenator 5000
This Kanye West guy has got to go away. I’ve never really been a fan (I mean, except for this ...
J Street, Health Care, and Money Matters
Lenny Ben-David argues that J Street has formed an “alliance with …. the Iranian lobby” and wonders whether “detractors of ...
Shofar: The Movie
What is a shofar? What do its calls — tekiah, shevarim, teruah — mean? Why does it send a chill ...