The Sukkah—a hut we erect each fall to commemorate the similar huts the Israelites built while wandering the desert—must meet some very specific height, width,... Read More

    Last Saturday evening, hundreds of young professionals left the snow behind for the warmth of a campfire at the Young Leadership Division's (YLD)... Read More

Why should I have a baby naming? If my child is five years old, is it too late to have a baby naming ceremony?  ... Read More

Real estate scion. Philanthropist. Movie producer. These are just some of the ways to describe Sam Slater, who, when not managing part of his family's... Read More

My son was adopted at birth and we are in the process of converting him. Aside from a bris, is there anything else that needs... Read More

In my first month as a middle-school health education teacher, one of my seventh-grade students passed me a piece of paper with one word and... Read More

People tend to use religion at certain points in life: baby namings, bar mitzvahs, funerals. When Cheryl and I got married, we wanted a Jewish... Read More

From Major League to Moneyball, everyone loves a good baseball underdog story. But what's it like to actually live one? Joshua Berkowitz, a Newton doctor and doting father,... Read More

Don't tell your grandmother, but it's time to head back to the old country of Dorchester to catch the Fiddlehead Theatre Company's excellent new production... Read More

Chevre, Last month, a good friend approached me to help with outreach for an upcoming event. Normally, I would have jumped at the invitation. I... Read More