Mourning Glory
When a mother succumbs to cancer in old age, and a father faces his own mortality, a son is reminded of the blessings of a good shiva
Predictive Pastry
If Gender Cakes can reveal whether your child will be a boy or a girl—and, in a new trend, they can—just think of all the other life questions that can be answered by clever foodstuffs
Recycling Time
Rosh Hashanah, a reminder of the cyclical nature of Jewish life, provides good lessons for parenting
The Big Day
After a year of unpleasant planning (or lack thereof), I found unplanned pleasure at my son’s bar mitzvah
God Is in the Details
After months of avoiding the big decisions, we finally began making the small ones
What Lies Beneath
One author thought moving to New York meant severing her small town roots. Then she started writing fiction.
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.
