Growing up, there wasn’t much Jewishness in our home. My parents never shied away from being Jewish; we just never did much about it. I don’t really remember ever having Shabbat dinner at home. So, ...

(JTA) — Jewish liturgy offers blessings for seemingly every occasion, from ritual moments (such as lighting Shabbat candles) to sublime experiences (seeing a rainbow) to mundane acts (going to the ...

The concept of “blessings” gets tossed around widely and casually these days. After all, what is social media without a slew of (sincere or ironic) #blessed captions? But in Judaism, blessings are an ...

(JTA) — On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, in my second year of rabbinical school, while working at my first-ever High Holiday pulpit, I accidentally conceived. I had my first bout of morning ...

Eleven years ago this Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, Rabbi Janet Marder asked the non-Jews in her California congregation to come forward for a blessing. These 100 or so people, ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. As questions about healthcare and religious freedom spur protests around the country, Rabbi Rachael ...

A little over a week ago, a group of Jews gathered in Boulder, Colo. - not to protest, not to provoke, but to pray. They walked peacefully through the city's downtown as part of a weekly event ...

The sages instructed that every person should inspect his mezuzot twice in seven years. Ideally, every person should continue ...

Some people make an impact by being loud, by standing at the center of the room, by demanding attention. And then there are people like Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who changed lives quietly, gently and ...