Stepping into a sukkah for the first time did not feel foreign in the physical sense. What felt foreign was the rhythm of this holiday, a rhythm that asks you not just to be outside, but to live outsi...

Stepping into a sukkah for the first time did not feel foreign in the physical sense. What felt foreign was the rhythm of this holiday, a rhythm that asks you not just to be outside, but to live outsi...

“One of the greatest joys of writing The Cooking Gene was introducing folks to kitchen pepper, an 18th century American descendant of the quatres epices, a Medieval spice mixture that harnessed the fl...

In the secular world, leadership theorists often speak of the moment when a person realizes that they are responsible for the energy they bring into a room. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish version of that...

Elul arrives with its familiar softness, its invitation to return, its gentle insistence that we look inward with honesty. But Shoftim arrives with a different kind of invitation.

Before we can enter a new space, we must understand what we are carrying inside ourselves. Before we can discern blessing from curse, we must be able to look at our own lives with honesty and courage.