Judaism

By Jennifer Starrett | Contributing Writer Celebrating Tu B’Shevat — the new year for trees — with dishes made up of the seven species of...

By Rabbi Daniel Levitt Parshat Bo This week’s Torah portion, Bo, marks the beginning of the Jewish people’s freedom from slavery in Egypt. It begins with...

By Rabbi Joshua Waxman Parshat Va’era It’s all the magicians’ fault. In this week’s Torah portion, Va’era, Moses approaches God with a demand and a warning: Pharaoh...

By Rabbi Shelly Barnathan Parshat Shemot Parshat Shemot contains a story that we know quite well — the famous story of Moses and the Burning Bush....

By Rabbi Robert Layman PARSHAT VAYECHI For three months, we have read from the Book of Genesis, beginning with the account of creation, proceeding through...

By Rabbi Jason Bonder Parshat Vayigash There is a wonderful teaching about a student who approached a rabbi and asked, “Rabbi, why is it that we...

By Rabbi Jon Cutler Parshat Miketz Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh (Menashe from the Hebrew root: to forget) meaning God has made me forget completely my...

Two LGBTQ Jewish organizations partnered this Chanukah to create an event focusing on light, leadership and love in their communities after a year full...

By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — As a child growing up in Tunisia, Peggy Cidor and her sister would count the days to Hanukkah. But the traditional...

By Rabbi Eric Yanoff Parshat Vayeshev A 7-year-old member of my synagogue once asked me, “Rabbi, which is the most important candle on the chanukiyah...