This article is co-authored by Ronit Tsadok, Rabbinic Intern, IKAR.
It's less than one week until Passover and you may know what that means. For the next few days Jews worldwide will be finding new and inventive ways to drive themselves (and others) quite bonkers in preparation for...
0 Comments | Posted December 20, 2011 | 9:26 AM
Recently, on my (long) drive to LAX for a flight to Tel Aviv, I listened to a fascinating episode of Airtalk on NPR that focused on the GOP's recent push to collect the historically Democratic Jewish vote.
While the beginning of the broadcast explored the recent Republican...
0 Comments | Posted October 12, 2011 | 12:23 PM
Editor's note: This post was co-authored by Rabbi Penina Podwol Alexander.
There is a palpable tension we are feeling as the holiday of Sukkot quickly approaches. For eight days Jews are enjoined to build transient huts, a sukkah ("sukkot" is the plural), and live in them as we do our...
0 Comments | Posted October 4, 2011 | 5:17 PM
It is 2 o'clock on Yom Kippur afternoon and all I can think about is what I am going to use to top my bagel and whether the kugel will be as tasty as my mom's. That thought is usually followed by guilt. Sound familiar? Jews can enjoy food and...
0 Comments | Posted March 16, 2011 | 2:22 AM
On Sunday, March 13, an Alaska Airlines flight from Mexico was met at the Los Angeles airport by fire crews, foam trucks, FBI agents, Transportation Security Administration personnel and police because three Orthodox men were praying on board with tefillin -- black leather boxes containing parchments with verses...
2 Comments | Posted April 3, 2012 | 11:06 AM