Question: What is the Jewish Calendar? Answer: Its Complicated
Measuring and marking the passage of time is a universal human preoccupation. At least forty different…
Measuring and marking the passage of time is a universal human preoccupation. At least forty different…
During this period of social distancing, I was scrolling through pictures saved on my computer. I…
We celebrated Lag B’Omer this week, marking, among other events, the transmission of Kabbalistic teachings by…
On Friday this week we will celebrate Pesach Sheni, the second chance for those who were…
We will be celebrating the State of Israel’s 72nd Independence Day very soon (April 29nd), an…
For the Jewish people who came out of Egypt, the period between the Exodus and the…
Kashrut and Anthropology Anthropologists have viewed the laws of Kashrut as superstitious taboos, or as a…
Merely remembering the pivotal events of Jewish history or reading about them occasionally is not sufficient…
One of the most famous Haggadahs in the word, is the Sarajevo Haggadah. It is believed…
(Mostly from my book, Gateway to Judaism) Now that I have been at home for over…