Judaism

By Rabbi David Ackerman Parshat Emor A man walks into the rabbi’s study, visibly distressed. “Sit down,” says the rabbi. “What troubles you?” “Rabbi,” he begins, “I’d...

South Philadelphia Shtiebel’s Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter and a coterie of students — numbering more than a basketball team, but fewer than a minyan —...

By Rabbi Jon Cutler Parshat Aharei Mot-K’doshim The double portion of the Torah reading this week, Aharei Mot-K’doshim, contains one chapter that’s known for its moral...

By Rabbi David Levin Parshat Metzorah At home, socially distanced from the world, the silence is deafening and the sights are limited to what is accessible by...

By Ron Kampeas / JTA With its glittering assembly of stars, jokes that worked and attendees who could, well, sing, it was the Zoom Seder...

By Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Parshat Shemini “And it happened on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel” (Leviticus...

At 11, Alana Ufberg already knows that not all superheroes wear capes. Increasingly, she’s noticed, they wear masks. By the time Gov. Tom Wolf called on...

Thousands of Conservative Jews from around the world gathered together for prayer, song and a little Torah learning on April 5. It wasn’t in person,...

By Rabbi Eric Yanoff Passover Imagine the scene: Every family and individual huddled at home, hunkered down, commanded to do so, and painfully, terrifyingly aware of...

There’s the presidential election. There’s the coronavirus pandemic. There are massive layoffs around the country. And, on top of all of that, people will...