Religion & Beliefs

Once A Year, Every Year

This year, as with every year around this time, you hear a lot of people…

DIY Judaica and Such

I stumbled across a beautiful Shabbes quilt not long ago, and when I inquired about…

P Diddy Totally Doesn’t Get Yom Kippur

The man who temporarily made it cool to be called Puffy could perhaps do with…

The By No Means All-Inclusive Mini Jewish Sports Round-Up

In honor of the great lefty Sandy Koufax and of great righty Hank Greenberg, I…

Year-Round Cultural Atonement

Whether you’re Orthodox or atheist, you’ve no doubt encountered non-Jewish works of art that resonate…

Shut Up At Shul

At one point on the first day of Rosh Hashana the talking at the Orthodox…

An Open Letter To Madonna

Maddy, It's not that I don't like you. I don't personally know you, of course,…

To Fast or Not To Fast

This afternoon, I got a phone call from a friend of mine and we ended…