Amy Steinberg has a brand new album out called Broken Open. It has the power to break you open, too. It is...
It’s Purim and everything is upside down the way it’s supposed to be...And it is here that I can let my dad’s present absence in.
I had only published a handful controversial articles, but the ones I had published seemed to elicit such huge and negative responses that I wanted out.
My youngest brother always had a spacial place in my heart. I watched him grow through years of yeshiva and then, little by little, as his relationship with Orthodox Judaism shifted and morphed into something that belongs to only him and G-d.
That’s me: a death-obsessed, fearful, life-loving, food-savoring soul who can barely function in this space-filled world. Somehow, I manage to have great adventures.
When I first met the patient I will call "Jacob", he approached me claiming a need for grief counseling. After the second session, it became apparent that there was more to explore than he had led on.
Rachel exposes herself as she never has before. Through poetry, photography, and an essay, Rachel exposes her fears and journey towards Jewish observance.
While I had begun to figure out my Judaism in college, Rick had been redeveloping his own Christian faith. I met my wife through this involvement, and now Rick had met his as well.
Tonight, I will wine and dine divine inspiration,
I will start with tremendous illumination.
The famous author, Leo Tolstoy, stops by Hevria for its first guest post. He answers the question we've all been wondering: what does it mean to be a Jew?
