Does it matter where your Judaica comes from? Does it make your grandfather’s tallit or a cherished kiddush cup any less meaningful if it isn’t made by Jews?

The existence of AIs has prompted all manner of soul-searching about the nature of humanity.

Exploring the meaning of Passover from the Mishna to Lurianic kabbalah

I’m struggling this year to reconcile the lessons I’ve taken from the holiday: to help the world, but also to remember how often the world has turned on us.

The impetus to show ourselves as slaves – to relive and perform the exodus – symbolizes Passover’s memory covenant.

Remembering is a central tenet of Judaism, and to some degree this is true. What we often forget is that forgetting is just as important.

As the pandemic stretches into a second year, people are experiencing their annual life events – birthdays, anniversaries, and more – disrupted for a second time.

The Plagues Project: leading Jewish thinkers reflect on the ways that Jews have thought about Plagues for the last 3,000 years.

The Plagues Project: leading Jewish thinkers reflect on the ways that Jews have thought about Plagues for the last 3,000 years.

The Plagues Project: leading Jewish thinkers reflect on the ways that Jews have thought about Plagues for the last 3,000 years.

The Plagues Project: leading Jewish thinkers reflect on the ways that Jews have thought about Plagues for the last 3,000 years.

We must remember the Exodus and take care of vulnerable populations.

What if you discovered that the coronavirus pandemic was no more - that a cure and a vaccine were found? The Israelite slaves in Egypt knew that split-second reversal of reality.

Now, with so many elders dying, with so many of us isolated from family, is the time to explain why the Jewish story matters to us. Here is what I will tell my children