Spirituality/Tradition
Where Jewelry and Charity Meet
What's the highest level of charity according to Jewish tradition? It's giving someone in need a job or training for a career so they...
Hit Comedy Series “New Girl” Converts to Judaism (VIDEO)
Fox's hit comedy series "New Girl" has just gotten the Jewish treatment. A new viral sketch clip courtesy of comedy video website "Funny or Die", which includes SNL alum Will Ferrell as one of its...
Why the Rabbis Taught Dream Manipulation
When I was little, I was fascinated by the priestly blessing that is recited in many synagogues across the globe on main Jewish holidays and by Sephardic Jews everyday during morning prayers. The priests gather...
The Rabbi and the Rhodes Scholar: How An Accidental Meeting Between Cory Booker and Me Led to Jewish Renewal
Twenty years ago this Monday, corresponding to the Jewish festival of Simchat Torah, a young African-American Rhodes scholar walked into a Chabad Jewish student center in Oxford, England. He had had a date with a Jewish...
No Luck: Seal Attempts Yom Kippur Booking at Trendy Kosher Hotspot Jezebel
He's won Grammy's and fame and recently separated from supermodel wife Heidi Klum, but this past Yom...
How Team Israel’s WBC Loss May Be The Country’s Long-Term Gain
The past couple of months of baseball in Israel certainly have been exciting. However,...
Christians Show Love of Israel in Jerusalem Streets
There was love in the air of Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon. Marching through the streets...
The Shtomp, Or The Case Against Religious Dancing
Simchat Torah, the festival of Rejoicing Over The Law, is upon us and once again...
Rick Ross Gives Himself “A Black Bar Mitzvah” on New Mixtape
One of hip-hop's biggest names is giving himself his very own bar mitzvah. Rick Ross, who...
Where Jewelry and Charity Meet
What's the highest level of charity according to Jewish tradition? It's giving someone in need a job or training for a career so they can...
Hit Comedy Series “New Girl” Converts to Judaism (VIDEO)
Fox's hit comedy series "New Girl" has just gotten the Jewish treatment. A new viral sketch clip courtesy of comedy video website "Funny or Die",...
Why the Rabbis Taught Dream Manipulation
When I was little, I was fascinated by the priestly blessing that is recited in many synagogues across the globe on main Jewish holidays and...
The Rabbi and the Rhodes Scholar: How An Accidental Meeting Between Cory Booker and Me Led to Jewish Renewal
Twenty years ago this Monday, corresponding to the Jewish festival of Simchat Torah, a young African-American Rhodes scholar walked into a Chabad Jewish student center in...
No Luck: Seal Attempts Yom Kippur Booking at Trendy Kosher Hotspot Jezebel
He's won Grammy's and fame and recently separated from supermodel wife Heidi Klum, but this past Yom Kippur the singer Seal experienced an unexpected moment of misfortune:...
How Team Israel’s WBC Loss May Be The Country’s Long-Term Gain
The past couple of months of baseball in Israel certainly have been exciting. However, in the short term, the World Baseball Classic qualifying ...
Christians Show Love of Israel in Jerusalem Streets
There was love in the air of Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon. Marching through the streets of Jerusalem, approximately 6,000 Christian friends of Israel made their...
The Shtomp, Or The Case Against Religious Dancing
Simchat Torah, the festival of Rejoicing Over The Law, is upon us and once again I find myself completely out of sync with most of...
Rick Ross Gives Himself “A Black Bar Mitzvah” on New Mixtape
One of hip-hop's biggest names is giving himself his very own bar mitzvah. Rick Ross, who founded the music label Maybach Music, announced the release of...
‘Harvesting People and Pickles’: An Inside Look at Jewish Farming
FALLS VILLAGE, CONN.—Nadav Slovin cultivates the fields of potatoes and other crops in the rural Litchfield Hills of northwestern Connecticut. As he moves between the...
Jewish Table Manners
After fasting, the Jewish calendar quickly turns to feasting. And in true Jewish math, the ratio is one day of fasting for eight days of...
Get to Know Your Four Species
You may only know them from Hebrew school or synagogue, but the Four Species of Sukkot—etrog, lulav, hadassim, and aravot—are all very interesting plants in...
Huffington Post Poll: What is Judaism’s Most Unusual Ritual?
A recent article in the Huffington Post offered up a poll asking "What is Judaism's most unusual ritual?" The poll was accompanied by an article...
Sukkot: The Environmental Perspective
The weather is changing and in North America the leaves are falling, yet around this time of year Jews persist in going outside just when...
