Jewish Lifestyle

Japanese-Jewish-American Kristin Eriko Posner is building a lifestyle brand for ethnically blended households, "Nourish Co".

When Michael Twitty was growing up outside Washington, D.C., the treat in his house every weekend was challah—a taste his Lutheran mother developed during her childhood in Cincinnati, where the only baker open on Sundays was Jewish. When Twitty was 7, after seeing the film adaptation of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen, he informed his mother …

A recent post on Junior Ganymede mentions the ritual bath called a mikveh where Jews practiced ritual immersions in pools of water. The parallels to Christian baptism (which means to dip or immerse) are many. In both rituals the purpose of the immersion is a symbolic cleansing or refreshing. Ancient

“One of the things that I hope to accomplish with my account is that people can learn from a Jewish person directly,” she said.

(RNS) — Rabbis and witches alike are bringing together magic — often called witchcraft — and Jewish ritual.

Shannah Tova, everyone! On this episode of this Jewish lifestyle podcast, we discuss Tashlich, zero-waste living, and why you should have a mantra for projects

Though my partner grew up in a family of Salvation Army Christians, a group he describes as “cheerful” and “reserved,” he’s been infatuated with aspects of Jewish culture ever since we started dating. This infatuation led to him buy The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Learning Yiddish at Barnes and Nobles one weekend afternoon, an off-brand […]

Yiddish slang has worked it's way into English, often popping up where we don't even recognize it. Here are 25 Yiddish words you should know.