Mitzvah
Chabad Couple Does ‘Mitzvah Campaign’ Outside Home Of Subway Bomber
A Chabad couple passed out menorahs and donuts to police and journalists outside the bomber’s home.
Does ‘Are You Jewish?’ Hasidic Outreach Build Identity — Or Push Secular Jews Further Away?
It is a sight familiar to anyone who takes public transit between Brooklyn and Manhattan in the early fall: a seasonal crush of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooding the city in order to bring the world one step closer to Messianic redemption.
Katy Perry - World's Worst Birthday Party Entertainers ("Birthday" Music Video Preview)
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Bringing Parachute Pants Back circa 1990
Jennifer Rasansky wrote: Our 5 month old baby loves to dance! She is bringing parachute pants back in style! A gift we received and couldn’t resist doing some Hammer Time!
DIY Bris
Most fathers prefer to leave the the bris to professionals, but one mohel found that a small minority agree to perform it themselves, as Abraham did for Isaac.
Bob Dylan, M.C. Hammer and the Joy of a Mitzvah
A Chabad leader recounts chasing after celebrities to show them the Jewish way. He insists it’s just as important to put a challah in the hands of jailed killers.
Tzedakah Ain't Just for Jewish Millionaires
We’re lucky to have Jews who can write seven-figure checks to charity. But that doesn’t mean the rest of us shouldn’t chip in with our two-figure good deed.
New York Boy's Hoops Mitzvah
A new basketball court in Beersheba, Israel, came to life as part of a bar mitzvah project by New Yorker Daniel Klosk.
The People of the Books
An old Yiddish prayer book created only for women is experiencing a revival of interest, especially in ultra-Orthodox ciricles. Philologos explains why.
Eat More on Yom Kippur?
For the most part, Jews celebrate good things with lots of food. Holidays like Rosh Hashanah and Passover bring to mind full bellies and bubbie’s matzo ball soup, perhaps even more than the feelings of repentance and liberation they are supposed to invoke. On the other hand, to commemorate sad events, we fast. The temple was destroyed on Tisha B’Av, and an assassination marked the end of Jewish autonomy in Jerusalem (Tzom Gedaliah) and on these days, we refrain from eating to better concentrate on the solemnness of the day.
