A Holiday for Strays – An Insider’s Look at Jewfolk’s Holiday Matching Program
A friend who has been to two of my Seders says mine is the table for strays. I guess they’re right. And I like it that way. I’m a bit […]
April 22, 2025
April 18, 2025
Ask the Rabbi: Will an Easter Basket Confuse My Jewish Children?
Do you have a question you’d like answered? Submit it anonymously here! Rabbi, I am Jewish, and my wife was raised Christian. She no longer practices, and we agreed that we […]
April 8, 2025
In an Age of Distraction, Judaism can be the Still-Small Voice We Need
We live in an age of distraction. This is Chris Hayes’ finding in his new book, The Siren’s Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource. He explores in […]
March 27, 2025
Jewish History for Antisemites: Sorry, Marge, My Dad Still Hasn’t Been to Israel
There are few sports that American Jews love more than baseball. You can find someone wearing an MLB-themed yarmulke at any synagogue event or high holiday service. It is something […]
March 14, 2025
The Still Small Voice
We have a Yom Kippur tradition in our family. Call it family custom, call it superstition, but we do not attend Yizkor service until we’ve lost someone close to us. […]
March 8, 2025
Ask a Rabbi: Dealing with Family Who Have Differing Views on Israel
Rabbi, my child is a college student at Ohio State. In the past several months, they have become more and more anti-Zionist as the situation in Israel drags on. Our […]
February 27, 2025
Ask the Rabbi: Business Partner Gone Wrong
Rabbi, I just found out my best friend and business partner has been stealing money from our company for years. I am devastated and angry and don’t know what to […]
February 20, 2025
Ask the Rabbi: Am I Jewish Now?
Question: I was raised in a Christian home but never had much of a connection with my faith. I recently participated in 23 and Me, and my results came back […]
February 14, 2025
Ask A Rabbi: How do I talk about conversion with my partner?
Question: I am in a relationship with someone who isn’t Jewish. They were raised Catholic but don’t have any connection to organized religion. My Jewish identity is very important to […]
February 12, 2025
A Shared Cultural Ethic is an Ideal that Jews have Only Barely Gotten to Taste
When my uncle was a teenager, he became enthralled by Japanese culture. Over the decades that followed, he became fluent in Japanese, practiced the Japanese art of Kendo, and married […]