Kosher Living
Chabad’s peak experience
Chris LeppekMar 07, 2013
ONE would think that a full-time, professional posting to a place like Jackson, Wyoming would be a difficult thing for just about anybody to pull off. The place is so...
Cremation vs. burial: the final act
Andrea JacobsMar 22, 2012
Kornbluth has a message for Jews considering cremation instead of burial — separate fact from fiction, place those results in the context of Jewish tradition and then...
Is marijuana kosher?
Chris LeppekMar 22, 2012
a long strange trip it’s been for marijuana. From “Reefer Madness” to Woodstock to legally-licensed medical dispensaries, marijuana has come a very long way. While...
Commuting for Shabbos
Andrea JacobsMar 22, 2012
It’s Friday in Berthoud, Colo., and the nearest synagogue is miles away. Shabbat arrives in a few hours. Even for the fittest of the fit, snowdrifts and bitter cold...
Kashrut supervision more complex than he could have dreamed
Chris LeppekMar 22, 2012
THERE was once a time, believe it or not, when a potato was a potato. And when a tomato was a tomato. Not anymore. Today, says Rabbi Moshe Heisler, whose […]
The mitzvah of the Land of Israel
Hillel GoldbergMar 31, 2011
IVE been to reunions. Youve been to reunions. How mighty the surprises. This person, seemingly destined for nothing, has become an eminent doctor, lawyer, captain of...
Observant women explain what the laws of modesty mean to them
Andrea JacobsMar 31, 2011
A JEWISH woman goes shopping at the local mall in July. As she peruses racks sporting flimsy summer tops, she eyes another woman wearing a long skirt, long sleeves,...
The mitzvah of saving a human life
Hillel GoldbergMar 11, 2010
THE Torah says, and one shall live by the commandments, on which the Talmud comments, and not die by them. The Torah is a living Torah and the life it […]
Worldwide maggid bringing back an old tradition
Chris LeppekMar 27, 2009
A schoolboy brings his expensive watch to the yeshiva one day and leaves it on his desk during recess. When he returns to the classroom, the watch is gone… An...
‘The Deli’ – your local Swiss army knife
Larry HankinMar 27, 2009
It is said that the kitchen is the heart of the home, and that may be especially true in a Jewish home, where so many rituals and observances revolve around […]
