Even atheists can enjoy these secular Yiddish poems and their English translations, related to the Torah reading.

For the last year, Morah Yehudis Fishman has been writing a weekly feature, talking about Shabbos through the lens of that ...

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A new initiative from one of Israel’s most highly recognized and accomplished developers of educational materials is now helping to enrich Diaspora students in Hebrew-speaking skills through a new ...

Have you ever been reading the weekly Torah portion and thought to yourself, “I could really use a drink”? If you know that feeling, we have just the blog for you: Tippling Through the Torah, a ...

Over 30 years ago, Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum had not yet found the world of wisdom in the Torah. Fifteen years ago, she had not yet founded Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin (Wellsprings of Jewish ...

Shabbat Zachor — the Sabbath of Remembering — calls on us to remember and reflect on events that are not the most pleasant of memories. It is the annual Shabbat preceding Purim when, in addition to ...

Lundquist, an English professor at North Hennepin Community College in Minnesota, debuts with a wrenching account of the breakup of her marriage to a gay man. Lundquist met her Continue reading » ...

Each week, Jews all over the world read a portion of the Torah, advancing through the stories like an episodic TV show. And each week, Julie Seltzer, a Torah scribe and Jewish educator, bakes a ...