Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Taffy Brodesser-Akner has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Self, Salon, and other publications.

Material Differences

My 3-year-old wanted a velvet yarmulke, like they wear at his Chabad preschool—an early skirmish in the values clashes I knew were coming.

Overtime

The second day of some Jewish holidays is mandated by rabbinic tradition, not Torah law. In today’s world, they’re increasingly hard to observe.

Intermarried

My husband, a convert, is more observant than I am

Is Yoga Kosher?

How a Modern Orthodox Jew struggled to reconcile her yogic practice with her Judaism

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