Dinner with strangers can be awkward. It can be even more awkward if you’re there to talk about death. And even more so when the…
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I first encountered the Asher Yatzar blessing, the Jewish “bathroom prayer,” in kindergarten as my day school classmates and I droned the morning prayers. The…
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As a rabbi, I am always cautious about that fine balance of being ‘political’ while doing justice. It used to be a lot easier when…
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Title says it all. My personal opinion is that I would hate to think that the Jewish people who have traditionally supported Israel and even…
Hello all. Just wondering if I could get some help understanding Exodus. But firstly, some Genesis. PART 1 17:20 – As for Ishmael, I have…
What makes Israeli cottage cheese so good? Is it the quality of the dairy in the “land of milk and honey”? Is it its creamy…
Meet Rabbi Matt Gewirtz, the Senior Rabbi at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun in Short Hills, New Jersey, author of the book, The Gift of Grief: Finding…
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The Hashkiveinu prayer is part of a set of rabbinic readings that bracket the biblical text of the Shema during evening prayers on both Shabbat…
I want to tell you a story. It’s a story about Judaism. But it’s also a story about five grocery stores. My father taught me…
The news feed these days reads like a juicy bit of pulp fiction. Every page scintillating and harrowing. With every paragraph, you find yourself mouth…
In 2008, California faced the prospect of a conservative-backed referendum for a constitutional amendment that would only permit marriages between a man and a woman,…
While many old school delis across the country have been closing their doors, there is also the story of the new Jewish delis: “hip” places…
The first memories of a Jewish deli I have are from Ben’s Best Deli in Rego Park, Queens, which has been around for 73 years…
Of course, the rules at the movies are clear: We know you’re not supposed to sneak any elicit, normally-priced snacks into the theatre. But you’re…
It feels like years in the making, but it’s finally happening: Chef Einat Admony, who owns the restaurants Taim and Bar Bolonat in New York…
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