Judaism

Local

Death as a Constant Part of Life

Torah

Is Golan Heights Part of Holy Land?

Arts

Hidden City Festival Reveals Revitalization of 'Little Shul'

Education

Chabad School Moves In Alongside Barrack

By:

Bryan Schwartzman

A growing school primarily for children of Chabad emissaries has found a new home on a property owned by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

Columns

Reflections on Two Years of Blogging About Shabbat

By:

Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

A local Jewish professional and mother reflects on two years of blogging about Shabbat, closing that project but continuing her work as an advice columnist for the Exponent.

Israel

Women at Western Wall Fail to Move Secular Israelis

By:

Ben Sales, JTA

In response to recent criticism, Israeli officials are reviewing haredi Orthodox policies restricting religious expression at the Western Wall. But among the Israeli secular majority, such restrictions rank near the bottom of a long list of church-state issues they would like to address.

Torah

What Does It Truly Mean to Be a Prophet?

SHEMOT, Exodus 1:1-6:1

By:

Rabbi Adam Zeff

In this week’s Torah portion, Moses receives the call from God to be a prophet, but seems reluctant to answer it. We might think it would be a good thing to be God’s chosen prophet. Why doesn’t Moses agree?

Tradition

Eat, Pray, Run

Jersey Rabbi Leads National Running Charity

By:

Melissa Jacobs

While other Jews are wrapping their tefillin, Rabbi Benjamin David is lacing his sneakers. Six days a week, the co-founder of the now national Running Rabbis group runs the roads of South Jersey for at least 45 minutes, often longer.