Should Jews Celebrate Valentine’s Day?
by Rabbi Mike Uram (My Jewish Learning) – There is nothing about the contemporary traditions of Valentine’s Day — cards, flowers, chocolate –that seems overtly religious. But…
Articles by Alberta Jewish News
How Judaism helped me survive my divorce
by L.R. Book This article originally appeared on Kveller. My first and most important goal as I journeyed through the terrible process of divorce was to…
Billy Crystal plays a rabbi for the first time in this indie drama
by Stephen Silver (JTA) — On the surface, “Untogether” is a drama about a pair of young women struggling to come into their own as…
op/ed: Why the attempted attack on Islamberg should alarm Jews, too
by Ari Gordon (JTA) – Police in Rochester, New York, arrested four young men last month before they could commit a terror attack against the…
In ‘To Dust,’ a Hasidic cantor and a biology teacher played by Matthew Broderick are quite the odd couple
by Curt Schleier (JTA) — A Hasidic cantor and a jaded community college biology teacher don’t seem like two individuals who would be fast friends….