My wife rejects our faith around her family. Can I make her stop?
Even though she was the one who wanted to be Orthodox, now she tells her mom our community is sexist and racist.
My candlesticks are beautiful, but can I get rid of them?
I adore them, but they remind me of my divorce.
I don’t observe Yom Kippur. Can I still take off class?
It seems dishonest, but also an intriguing opportunity.
My rabbi went to a sex party. Should I tell the Board?
Sex is a healthy part of life, but this seems a little too out there. Or am I just a prude?
Legacy Bintel: In 1906, a Jewish boy supporting his family risks death for wages
Letters sent to the Forward over 100 years ago still ring true today; in this one, a worker weighs his need for his salary against his safety
Does my dog have to keep kosher, too?
I know my dog isn’t Jewish, but I still don’t want to buy bacon treats.
My Orthodox friend hasn’t kissed his fiancee. But I have.
Should I tell him that she was bad in bed?
Make 2,000 years of mourning count: Use it to fight racism.
The compulsion to never forget the destruction of the Temple has been woven into nearly every moment of ritual Jewish life.
Jews came to America to escape darkness. For African Americans, America was darkness.
What it would have meant if the Jews had to process the Holocaust not with Americans but with Germans, with the people who had organized our murder?