Judaism

Some of Rabbi Rebecca Richman’s West Philadelphia Art Beit Midrash students call her Rabbi Richman. Some go with Rabbi Bec. Others, just Bec. Differences aside,...

By Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman Parshat Shelach Lecha In the current cultural and political environment, we have a great deal of difficulty agreeing on what is...

By Rabbi Malkah Binah Klein Parshat B’ha’alotecha From the day the mishkan was erected, the cloud covered the mishkan, the tent of the covenant ... whenever...

ollega / iStock / Getty Images PlusBY RABBI ALAN ISER Parshat Naso One of my dearest childhood memories is going under my father’s tallit when the...

Philadelphia-area synagogues examine their options as the region moves into the yellow phase.

BY Rabbi Shawn Zevit Shavuot This week heralds in Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, one of our three regalim, or pilgrimage festivals, which originated as an...

By Rabbi Kami Knapp Parshat Bamidbar Imagine the scene: Moses, Miriam and Aaron have led the people from Egypt. With slavery at their backs and freedom...

Jewish organizations are helping Philadelphians celebrate a socially distant Shavuot with virtual events and study sessions. Center City Kehillah, which usually hosts an all-night interdenominational...

The evening of Lag B’Omer 5780 — also known as May 11 — was windy and unseasonably cold. Not exactly ideal conditions to celebrate...

By Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner Parshat Behar-BeChukotai Did you ever wonder what your life is worth? The U.S. government and its agencies do ask, “What is the...