The Big Day
After a year of unpleasant planning (or lack thereof), I found unplanned pleasure at my son’s bar mitzvah
You Gotta Have Faith
In the final countdown to the big event, one chore keeps not getting done
God Is in the Details
After months of avoiding the big decisions, we finally began making the small ones
Don’t Ask, Don’t Kvell
Compromise about a bar mitzvah suit? Sure. About basic human dignity? Perhaps not so much.
The Gayish Problem
In a few months our son will become a man, with all the rights and responsibilities of Jewish adulthood. But what about us?
Stiffnecked People
We thought getting Erez to learn his Torah portion would be the hard part. Then we started planning the party.
Morey Hid a Lethal Loom
Every 13-year-old who faces the Torah has a tough code to crack. For parents, the code may be even tougher.
Today, You Are a Money Pit
But the bill for our son’s manhood became a convenient cover story for our anxiety
Ben-Gurion
The Tenth Man
The key to Christopher Hitchens wasn’t his iconoclasm; it was his desire for belonging—and the proof can be found in an unexpected place
Cheap Eats
An entrepreneur opened a Jewish-themed restaurant in Lviv, Ukraine. Chopped liver is on the menu, but not its price—diners get to haggle over it.
Grace Notes
Orthodox klezmer and bluegrass virtuoso Andy Statman and evangelical country star Ricky Skaggs cross genres and faiths to form a mighty duo
Goodbye to All That
For generations, the Jews of Caracas had idyllic weather, prosperity, and vibrant communal organizations. Things have changed under Hugo Chávez.
