Misconception: According to the traditional viewpoint, Chava was created from one of Adam’s ribs. Fact: According to the opinion of Rashi and many other medieval commentators, “woman” was created from… Read more
Jewish Thought
Prayer and Poetry—a Review Essay
Why do so many people seem to feel that davening begins somewhere around Barchu and actually being on time for it is the domain of insomniacs and Kaddish-sayers? Why do educators wring their hands in… Read more
The Amen Phenomenon
Throughout the world, groups of women are gathering together to share the importance and power of Amen. In 2001, while driving home to Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, twenty-six-year-old Alte Nechama Malka… Read more
What’s the Truth About … Tuesday Weddings?
Misconception: The ideal day to get married is Yom Shelishi (Tuesday) because in the Creation story, the phrase “ki tov” (for it is good)1 is used twice on that day. Fact: Tuesday may be a fine day on… Read more
-
Frum and Fit: Are We Fulfilling Our Torah Obligation to Take Care of Our Bodies?
Many Orthodox Jews seem to think that as long as the food is…
-
-
Linking Ruth to Bereishit
By Yehuda Berenson In 1616, Rabbi Joel…
-
Relating Pirkei Avot to Modern Times
Relevance: Pirkei Avos for the Twenty-First Century By Rabbi Dan…
-
The Starbucks Talmud
The ArtScroll Digital Library Schottenstein Talmud App, Version…
-
First Impressions of the Koren Talmud
Koren Talmud Bavli By Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz Koren…
-
Helen Nash’s New Kosher Cuisine: Healthy, Simple & Stylish/The Bais Yaakov Cookbook/Temptations/Dash
Helen Nash’s New Kosher Cuisine: Healthy, Simple &…
-
The Yom Kippur War : An American Volunteer Remembers
By Irwin H. Krasna It was Yom Kippur, October 6th, 1973,…
-
Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy?
About a decade ago, a short time after I arrived in Oak Park,…
-
The Courage to Serve: A Chareidi Woman in the IDF
By Fayga Marks Photo: Israel Sun An eight-year-old girl,…
-
Please Put the Women Back In
I am an artist. Dealing with images is my stock and trade, and I…
-
Life As a Happy Single Person
I bought couches. They are beige, with button detail on the sides…
-
Touching Our Teens’ Neshamos
A quarter of students who come to college as Orthodox Jews…
-
Confessions of a Kosher Organic Junkie
By Rachel Wizenfeld Melding my Berkeley organic roots with…
-
Rising to the Occasion: Reviving the Practice of Standing up to Honor One’s Parents
“In the period that will precede the coming of Mashiach . . .…
-
The Social Media Revolution: What Does It Mean for Our Children?
Shlomo Hamelech teaches us that there is nothing new under…
-
-
I am continually impressed by this website's content!
32081 Gould Design, Inc.
-
-
-
-
-