5+ hour, 18+ min ago  (526+ words) GOOD MORNING! We are currently in the midst of the “Three Weeks,” which span from the Hebrew date 17th of Tammuz through the 9th of Av (this year corresponding to July 2nd through the 23rd). This period has historically been a time of misfortune…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (332+ words) Once a year, Judaism gives you permission to stop being strong. Here's a simple writing exercise to help you feel what you've been holding in....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1459+ words) A descendant of Spanish conversos rediscovers her family's secret hidden faith....

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (409+ words) MIT never investigated its antisemitism crisis. Professor Yossi Sheffi wrote the book the university wouldn't, showing how his own campus turned on its Jews....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (823+ words) At the end of the Book of Numbers the Torah portion revisits the five daughters of Tzelafchad, who were instructed by God to marry within their tribe of Menashe in order to ensure that their father's ancestral inheritance would remain…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (887+ words) From bustling midnight grocery runs to digging up First Temple ashes, life in Jerusalem is anything but ordinary....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (303+ words) Native American, Maori, and Apache leaders are pushing back against the "settler colonialist" label, calling Israel the most successful land-back story in modern history....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (9+ words) How a few small Jewish practices keep me grounded....

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (704+ words) A Bar Mitzvah is a coming of age ceremony that takes place when a Jewish boy turns 13. It entails reading from the Torah, a ceremony and other traditions....

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (443+ words) Wise words spoken at the right time and place can be influential. If they bring about positive change, they become transformative. This idea is illustrated by five sisters, whose life-changing words affected history. Moshe was perplexed by their plea. He…...