A young woman is gingerly applying lipstick for her upcoming date, unaware of the horrible fate awaiting her. This may sound like the description of a new Netflix drama but it’s actually a scene in a ...

This week’s Torah portion, T’rumah, represents another abrupt shift in focus within the book of Exodus from the mostly legal material of last week’s portion, Mishpatim, to the first of ...

Every Shabbos, Jews in synagogues of all denominations hear the cantor, rabbi or a layperson chant that week’s Torah portion from an open scroll. But Yiddish scholar Sheva Zucker says you don’t need ...

Smith invites readers to start their “Inner Garden,” which includes planting and cultivating “forty-seven assorted seeds that correspond to forty-seven weekly Torah portions. In an effort to show up ...

At the beginning of Parashat Acharei Mot, the Torah describes the death of Aaron’s two sons, Nadav and Avihu, in a way that invites deep reflection: “And the Lord spoke to Moses after the death of ...

There’s something oddly comforting about “Parshat Vayeshev” it reminds us we’ve been excellent at one thing for millennia: fighting ourselves in the name of morality, justice, and truth. Long before X ...

Jill Crimmings smoothly rolls three balls of challah dough into even strands. She lifts them, joining them together with a pinch, before laying them down to braid. But the loaf of challah, the ...

I’ve become obsessed with podcasts. Here are my 15 favorite Jewish ones — from Israel-focused news to Torah to community.