Hamantaschen takes the spotlight in the West, but there’s so much more to Purim food traditions.

"The key question remains: what’s your Jewish motherboard, your non-negotiable, your red line, your identity anchor?"

Instead of attacking, let’s turn it into a teachable moment and engage him in a dialogue.

When something happens once every hundred years, it’s hard to plan for it, especially if that planning is very costly.

When there’s too much technology between us and reality, reality itself speeds up and gets distorted.

Weeks ago I was honored to interview Dr. David Agus and discuss questions that the community were asking about the vaccines. If you have...

It is precisely because it has become so difficult that we must go out of our way to donate our attention.

Beit Hillel understood that “the purpose of learning isn’t to affirm our beliefs; it’s to evolve our beliefs.”

Thank you Afluencer for including me on your list: "50 Female Influencers Brands Can’t Get Enough Of" I am honored to be #32!!!! Kim Kardashian is #12...

Tech companies’ private actor status is a fiction, no more than a smoking mirror.

Clubhouse is just the new flashy manifestation of our current reality.

We share an identity of being Jewish and of wanting to help orphans in some way

Dear all, Earlier this week, I was fortunate to be part of a FEMA site for the COVID vaccine. As I prepared to make the...

“These guidelines offer direction in how to celebrate Purim in the halakhically correct fashion…”

And you shall make a menorah of pure gold.     Exodus 25:31 When the first thing we were asked to make required us to use solid...

If you are staying in Damascus and long for somewhere cooler the question that you ought to ask is: “How do I find Malula?” In mountains of the...

The horrible images coming out of Texas this week, with millions of people losing electricity amidst freezing temperatures, is an excruciating example of the power of electricity in dictating our lives.

If we do not know history, we are vulnerable to fractionalization and attempts to divide us.

The phone call that finally happened on Wednesday between President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu had taken on colossal proportions for something whose existence was primarily defined by its absence.

For those who seek a philosophically perfect God, this parashah presents a challenge.

Viewing the finely executed Israeli film “God of the Piano” through the lens of a veteran parent disability advocate seems like a non-starter.

The UCI administration’s response to BDS marked another positive development.

But as many seek to flee California, I am clamoring to go back

One of my daughters learned how to surf during the Covid 19 quarantine. It created a new amazing routine where we get up early, put...

It’s an insult that’s hurled frequently and irresponsibly.

By tolerating any anti-Semitism, we create excuses for all anti-Semitism.

I sleep far less comfortably worrying about the domestic issues dividing Israelis from another and the polarization of the American populace.

The new Jewish music I create from my head offers clarity of God’s loving presence.

Pandemics are nothing new, and the consequences for learning on the fly are significant.

Unsurprisingly, the level of depression and anxiety in Israel rose following the difficult year that was 2020. According to recently published data, nearly 1...