Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories)

The Klausen Synagogue in Prague gets its name from the kloyz (a complex of buildings used for religious purposes, including synagogues) that originally stood on its site, erected in the 1570s. The…

Ashkenaz, a descendant of the sons of Noah, grandson of Japheth, son of Gomer (Genesis 10:3). It was in a rather ancient period in the history of the diaspora that the term Ashkenazim, or descendants…

Honored Conference: Three liberating moments in Jewish history created our movement. I don’t want to be a prophet, and to proclaim that we are now experiencing a new historical moment, that we are…