We need to remember the commitments we made on Yom Kippur every day, not just during the confessional. I’ve been in business ...
As University of Iowa International Writing Program director for more than two decades and an accomplished writer himself — ...
It’s called “Though I Stared Earnestly at My Fingernail” by an accomplished Brooklyn-born writer named Merle Feld, who, while ...
Northern California Jews convened at synagogues, JCCs and grassy fields to grieve the immense suffering visited upon Israel ...
From Bible verses to poems, these Thanksgiving prayers will ... To prevent all that home-cooked food from getting cold, stick to a short and sweet prayer like John Robbins' simple blessing ...
For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. Mark Leidner’s poem ...
The collection of essays, interviews, poems, and art began as an attempt to spark conversation ... Johnson draws connections between the capitalistic values of short-term growth and the funding of new ...
we thought they would come back in a very short time,” Sharbat said. “But I saw the table and said, until then we need a Kabbalat Shabbat here. I felt like this place needed prayers.” ...
After a short pause, it suddenly hit me ... “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” ...
Mourning the thousands of Palestinians killed in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, the Students for Justice in Palestine, ...