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  • Ideas: Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals 
    Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals, 2019)
    "The Website provides information about the Institute, as well as an online store where you may order books of interest. The section Min haMuvhar includes selections from the writings of Rabbi Marc D. Angel, Founder and ...
  • In the 1920s, a Black cantor moved the world 
    Grisar, PJ (The Forward, 2021-01-17)
    In observance of Martin Luther King Day, The Forward republished an article about Thomas LaRue, known as “Der Shvartze Khazn” or, “the Black Cantor” in the 1920s. His mother was not Jewish and it is not clear whether or ...
  • Jack Wertheimer, "The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice their Religion Today" (Princeton UP, 2018) 
    Jackson, Lindsey; Wertheimer, Jack (New Books Network, 2019-10-29)
    An audio interview with Jack Wertheimer, author of "The New American Judaism: How Jews Practice their Religion Today" (Princeton UP, 2018). "Wertheimer argues that American Jews are indeed engaging with Judaism, albeit ...
  • The Jewish Religion in North America: Canadian and American Comparisons 
    Schoenfeld, Stuart (Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1978)
    "The question of similarities and differences between the Jewish community of Canada and that of the United States is examined with respect to religious organizations, attitudes and practices." Click on the link above to ...
  • Jewish Secularism: Is Jewish Secularism Possible? 
    Goldstein, Rebecca (My Jewish Learning, 2017)
    This discussion of secular Judaism was written by the analytic philosopher, Rebecca Goldstein, for Bronfman Vision Forum’s Judaism as Civilizations: Belonging in an Age of Multiple Identities, It considers the question of ...
  • Judith Plaskow 
    Adler, Rachel (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-03-20)
    This article in the Jewish Women's Archive describes Judith Plaskow as the "first Jewish feminist to identify herself as a theologian." The article discusses Plaskow's view of traditional Jewish theology as patriarchal and ...
  • Judith Shulevitz on the Radical Idea of the Sabbath 
    Goldberg, Jeffrey (The Atlantic, 2010-05-14)
    An interview conducted by Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic Magazine with Judith Shulevitz about her book, "The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time."Shulevitz claims that the Sabbath is a radical concept ...
  • Keep your ugly sweaters – Hanukkah isn't Christmas and doesn't need to be 
    Simon, Jen (Salon, 2021-11-30)
    This commentary begins with "Hanukkah is not a Jewish Christmas. It never was and shouldn't be treated like it is. So pay attention retailers: knock it off. Stop trying to sell us dumb products." The article is about the ...
  • Light and Shadows: Thoughts for Hanukkah 
    Angel, Marc D. (Ideals (jewishideas.org), 2019-12-18)
    The writer is Dr. Rabbi Marc D. Angel, " Founder and Director of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals (jewishideas.org), and Editor of its journal, Conversations. He is Rabbi Emeritus of the Spanish and Portuguese ...
  • Love Trumps Power 
    Schwartz, Jeremy (Reconstructing Judaism, 2018)
    A Reconstructionist perspective on Hanukkah. Click on the link above to access,
  • Maggid 
    Piercy, Marge (Poetry Foundation, 2001)
    In the Passover Seder the Maggid is the telling of the Passover story. This poem is the poet Marge Piercy's commentary on the story. Click on the link above to read it.
  • Mordecai M. Kaplan diaries and papers 
    Kaplan, Mordecai M (Digital Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 2010)
    Diaries, 1913-1975, include draft essays, lectures, and letters, as well as detailed accounts of meetings and events and other matters. Collection also includes miscellaneous letters, 1910, 1955, 1957; and program for ...
  • Passover 
    Society for Humanistic Judaism (Society for Humanistic Judaism, 2016)
    A discussion of the way Humanistic Jews understand Passover. Within Humanistic Judaism, Passover is "one of the most powerful myths of the Jewish people, a tale that relates the courage and determination of a people fleeing ...
  • Passover (Pesach) 
    ReformJudaism.org (Union of Reform Judaism, 2019)
    A description of the history, customs, and traditions of Passover told from the perspective of Reform Judaism. This discussion emphasizes Passover as a celebration of freedom, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt, and as a ...
  • Passover (Pesach) 101 
    My Jewish Learning (My Jewish Learning, 2019)
    A brief article describing the origins, meaning, and traditions of Passover from the perspective of My Jewish Learning, "the largest nonprofit, nondenominational Jewish media organization in North America." Click on the ...
  • Passover The Mitzvot of the Seder: A Holistic Picture of Freedom 
    Sassson, Rabbi Reuven (Orthodix Union, 2019-04-11)
    A discussion of how the fundamental meaning and message of the seder is freedom, the "journey from slavery to freedom." It is not simply freedom in the sense of not being in servitude, but a freedom that permeates throughput ...
  • Pesah Guide 
    Rabbinical Assembly; Committee on Jewish Law & Standards, Kashrut Subcommittee (Rabbinical Assembly, 2019)
    This is a guide to the practice of Passover from the perspective of American Conservative Judaism. It is intended to "help families maintain a kosher for Pesah home in accordance with the principles of Conservative Judaism ...
  • Purim 
    ReformJudiaism.org (2019)
    This web page discusses the history, customs and rituals of Purim from the perspective of Reform Judaism. It also suggests ways of using messages from Purim to practice social justice.Click on the link to see the web page.
  • Purim and Hanukkah in Custom and Tradition: Feast of Lots, Feast of Lights 
    Gaster, Theodor Hertzl (Henry Schuman, 1950)
    In this book (downloaded from the Internet Archive), Gaster argues that the two Jewish holidays of lights--the Spring holiday of Purim and the Fall holiday of Hanukkah--are linked together by the celebration of liberation.This ...
  • Purim: Laws & Customs 
    Lucas, Alan (Rabbinical Assembly, 2013-02-12)
    An explanation of Purim, its traditions and observances, from the perspective of Conservative Judaism. Lucas notes that, although Purim is a minor holiday, it is "nevertheless one of the high points of the festival cycle ...

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