Following a blizzard about 14 years ago, Yori Yanover and I considered scouring Jewish sources to place the white deluge in context. Instead, we made
I’ve been thinking about dcc’s post, a comment on Dan Sieradski’s JTA op-ed on money and innovation. Specifically, I’ve been mulling over the following lines:
In just one week, hundreds of people from around the world will be gathering on the gorgeous central California coast near Monterey is learn about
This Chanukah has been quite a doozy, in terms of candles. We got two Shabbatot this Chanukah, making tonight a whopping eleven-candle evening. As you
This is a guest post by Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center. In her book Animal Dreams, author Barbara Kingslover
Two sharply contrasting views of the secularization of Christmas are presented by Garrison Keillor, writer and stand-up poet (that’s the only way I can think
By now you’ve probably heard the news: the sign over the gate at Auschwitz, the infamous “arbeit macht frei” — “work sets you free,” was
I’ve always wondered, how did the people of Israel’s experience in Egypt go from this: • Joseph’s successful governance of Egypt; • the Egyptians granting
The Two Chinese Characters have produced a Christmas gift for the Jewish community. Unfamiliar with the Two Chinese Characters? They are Carsey Yee and John
Editor’s note: The following is a direct response to the recent post publicizing this month’s meeting of the Men’s Havurah at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun featuring