I’ll never forget the day my son, not yet three, said to me, ‘I want a haircut’

The rabbinic tradition arose from the fact that the Bible doesn’t tell us what we need to know to lead our lives

Revitalizing the mikveh experience for a new generation of Jews

Women are entitled to a wide range of emotions about their bodies and fertility. But under Jewish law, the rules are clear.

The bird is kosher, unless you’re in one family

This week’s parasha, an exhaustive account of ritualistic slaughter, can teach us a lot about video games, a medium governed entirely by the mechanics of prescribed motions

Rosh Hashanah, a reminder of the cyclical nature of Jewish life, provides good lessons for parenting

A haftorah of rules and revelry

Hope that love could bend the rules of kosher observance only went so far

Vanessa Ochs studies “bark mitzvahs” and other modern inventions

After a year of unpleasant planning (or lack thereof), I found unplanned pleasure at my son’s bar mitzvah

Praying for Rain

Why did my grandmother keep meticulous records of her Passover meals, but kept her maiden name a secret?