MAY 2025

The model of prayer with kavvanah, or sincerity To pray without being fully present is highly problematic for rabbinic Judaism. A recurring talmud ic controversy...

Celebrations start in the kitchen. “Every culture reveres its mothers, setting aside special days for commemoration,” writes Sheila Lukins in “Celebrate!” (Workman, $19.95), my go-to...

Homage to mother is nothing new to Jews. Mother’s Day, both vilified as a commercial ploy and, just as often, marked with heartfelt celebration, is...

From Shehechiyanu to Psalms, how I brought Jewish ritual into this momentous life stage. When my husband and I first learned that we were expecting...

What it means to be a contemporary mother and to be a Jewish mother today The Jewish Mother. A stereotype so familiar that the words...

Rosalia Gerardo learning about the devastating losses of the Jewish community during the Holocaust has taught the eighth grade Marlboro Middle school student one...

Mother’s Day isn’t a specifically Jewish holiday—or, to put it more bluntly, the goyim celebrate it, too—although that fact may come as a surprise...

Living Within a Gendered Language When you start learning Hebrew, one of the first things you discover is that, unlike English, it is a gendered...