Honesty As A Policy When Parenting
Before I had kids, I was the perfect parent. What I mean is that I certainly had an idea of how I wanted to do this job, and I was […]
May 23, 2025
May 21, 2025
The Shtetl That Lives: A Love Letter to the Cincinnati Jewish Community
This week was Jewish Night at the Reds game—and honestly? It felt more like Anatevka than Great American Ball Park. My friend went just to hang out with her shul […]
May 15, 2025
The Omer: What Are We Counting? And Why?
Why do we count the Omer? Ask 3 people and you might well get 3 answers. We are counting the days between Pesach and Shavuot, the time we left the […]
April 22, 2025
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 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 […]