19+ hour, 5+ min ago  (562+ words) The authors add that in Genesis 18, God tells Abraham that through him all nations will be blessed, a blessing that is repeated to Isaac in Genesis 26 and Jacob two chapters later " yet another articulation of the principle that Jewish behavior…...

11+ mon, 1+ day ago  (566+ words) The Jewish world lost a giant this week: A luminary and a visionary. We mourn the passing of Abner Goldstine, past president of Sinai Temple. And as Abner watches from the world beyond, I hope we make him proud. Rabbi…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago  (676+ words) In this unique historical moment, then, it is particularly apt to explore the possible impact Iranian culture has had on the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover. To Tel Aviv University's Esther Shkalim, born in Tehran, however, many of these rituals…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1102+ words) Rapper Kosha Dillz has long impressed with his freestyle rapping skills. Last week, he applied those same inventive abilities to organizing an unusual ritual-filled event: a Passover seder held on a New York City subway car. The rolling seder'which started…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (955+ words) In theory we should engage with four sons, whom I list below, including, at the top, the sage, at bottom one who doesn't know how questions should be asked, and in the middle the outsider who considers rituals a sin,…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (1324+ words) Alongside all the esoteric wisdom that is imparted during the holiday of Pesach, there are some really basic, but rather important lessons that this holiday has imprinted on me. The first lesson is to always open my home and make…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago  (969+ words) One verse, five voices. Edited by Nina Litvak and Salvador Litvak, the Accidental Talmudist "Everything in water that has no fins and scales shall be an abomination for you." CEO, SANE; Counselor, Author, "Reaching New Heights" Series One can only…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (1382+ words) A year ago, I could barely even acknowledge that it was Passover. We had just gotten up from shiva. I was still reeling from the sudden loss of our dear Eliyahu'my husband of 23 years, my best friend since I was…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago  (1041+ words) The murder of six million Jews was more than an act of destruction. It was an act of purposeful erasure. The Nazis did not merely want Jewish people dead " they wanted them to disappear without a trace. No names. No…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (706+ words) A left-of-center Jewish organization in New York City has proposed a series of steps that it claims will reduce antisemitism. High on the list is "renovating playgrounds." Skeptics may recall the fate of a similar proposal by Jewish optimists that…...