The Age-Old New-Age Approach to Judaism
by Kelley Kidd
This morning, I woke up feeling extremely grumpy. Too little sleep the night before combined with looming stress put me in a supremely...
Embracing Rosh Hodesh
By Scott Fox
I love Hanukkah: the presents, wintertime, dreidels, candle lighting. I love all of it. I was born on the fourth day of Hanukkah...
Why Pray?
by Emily Goldberg
Judaism is ever-evolving, a religion that has for centuries faced the challenges of modernization. With young people steering these new paths, our religion...
Losing (and Finding) My Religion
by Maddie Ulanow
It’s always interesting when, on a particular Friday night, we get a new high turnout of students for the weekly Shabbat services -...
From the Archives: My House Shall Be a House Of Prayer For All
By Lynne Schreiber
From Moment Magazine, December 2005
One day last summer, as my friend Katie and I sat beneath an umbrella at a sidewalk café sipping...
Play Hard, Pray Harder
By Gabriel Weinstein
Just two years after leaving the University of Florida facing charges of larceny and theft Auburn University quarterback Cameron Newton was full of...
Bridging the Gender Gap in Prayer – Sort Of
By Lily Hoffman Simon
The patriarchal tradition of Orthodox Judaism is being challenged all over the world. The recent controversy surrounding the ordainment of Sara Hurwitz...
A B’racha for Barack? The Obama Kiddush
By Mandy Katz
Raise a glass tonight and every night through January 20. You don't have to know Hebrew to intone this one (though it helps...