New Children’s Book Details Obama’s First Presidential Seder
Miles away from home on the 2008 presidential campaign trail, three junior staffers hosted a Passover seder in a nondescript hotel meeting room in...
We Were Supposed to Have a Christmas Baby. Instead, We Got a Chanukah Miracle.
Ben Shragge | Kveller
There’s nothing wrong with being born on Christmas. Many noteworthy individuals have a December 24th or 25th birthday. Not, of course,...
How Concierge IV Therapy Went From Instagram Trend to Pre-Yom Kippur Hydration Hack
By Jackie Hajdenberg | JTA.org
When Sarah Jemal was pregnant with her first child, she couldn’t keep any food or liquids down. Given her risk...
Why Yom Kippur Is My Favorite Jewish Holiday
By Shelly Jay Shore | JTA.org
I get a lot of odd looks when I tell people that my favorite day of the Jewish year...
Tishah B’Av and the Importance of Remembering Tragedy
From the evening of July 26 to the evening of July 27, the Jewish community will mark Tishah B’Av, a particularly somber occasion.
Known as...
At Sixth & I, a Shavuot of Storytelling
Natalie Thomas discovered Judaism as a teenager.
“You can imagine my surprise when, at 15, I had this feeling inside me like a breeze, urging...
Ruth’s Redeeming Quality
Rabbi Rachel Hersh
The Jewish festival of Shavuot begins this evening at sundown. Of the three pilgrimage festivals, Shavuot often gets less attention, though it...
It’s More Than Just The Count That Counts
In 2000, during the internet’s innocent days, a Brandeis University researcher and rabbi’s husband named Brian Rosman came up with a novel way of...
DC to declare an official Mimouna day to celebrate end of Passover
It’s official: The mayor of the U.S. capital wants Washingtonians to celebrate the end of Passover with a traditional North African Jewish party.
In a...
Capital Jewish Museum Hopes Obama’s Seder Will Become a Holiday Tradition
When the Capital Jewish Museum opens on June 9, it will feature Jewish artifacts, both historically significant and reflective of mundane Jewish life.
But during...