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Torah, prayer, and politics mix. Even in an elections season that has been characterized as bitter and nasty, void of civility or compassion, the Torah does not let us off the hook.

A Prayer for the Electorate allows us a moment in services to recognize that civic engagement can be religious engagement, that tzedek is often fulfilled through public policy.

I don't consider artistic creation to be any more spiritual than any other creative endeavor... cooking, writing, cleaning, singing, and child-rearing.

For many years, Regina’s story of becoming the first woman rabbi was forgotten, tucked away in archives, lost among ashes.

It was a week filled with water—starting with my partner Ever’s conversion to Judaism by immersion in the mikveh, the womb of the universe that moves us from one state of being to the other. 

Berosh hashanah yikatevun u've'yom tzom kippur yekhatemun.

Ritualwell is excited to introduce a new series of interviews with Jewish artists on art and spirituality. Our first featured artist is D'vorah Horn. Learn more about Mending Spirit: Art for Healing and support their fundraising campaign, ending soon. 1. Al regel akhat, on one foot: Tell us about your latest Jewish art project.

This probably isn’t breaking news, but there are plenty of Jews who don’t go to services on Rosh Hashanah for lots of different reasons. 

Here I was ... singing about the purity of souls with a room full of Reconstructionists: queers, gender outlaws, patrilineal Jews, and so many of us who are so used to being reminded that our souls are anything but.

Setting: Carpenter's Woods in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Spring 2016   Chana: Hey, we work really well together. Let's do more! Annie: OK! Chana: Let's do something about Jewish women...