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Ask a Jew: Why do some Jews wear curls on the sides of their heads?

...this verse has been interpreted by Jewish scholars and legalists over the centuries.

Ask a Jew: What is a Jewish magic carpet?

Learn about Operation Magic Carpet, the legendarily ambitious immigration project intended to bring 45,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel.

Ask A Jew: What does God look like?

G-d has no form. All references to seeing or experiencing him in a human form are ways of explaining G-d in a way humans will understand

Ask a Jew: Why are Jews so offended by pork?

Pork is one of several kinds of food that kashrut, Jewish dietary law, forbids Jews to eat.

Ask a Jew: How do Jews manage anger and indignation?

I do think some kinds of anger, especially those that are more personal and less political, may be difficult to express for some Jews.

Ask A Jew: Is it worth arguing with a Holocaust denier?

A conversation I had recently raised a question that seems very relevant to our politically polarized, extremism-plagued times: Under what circumstances is arguing with a Holocaust denier a lost cause?

Ask A Jew: Pushing back against hateful stereotypes

I’m not always a fan of Jewish attorney and author Alan Dershowitz, but his refutation of the “Jews control the media” stereotype, which he wrote for HuffPost back in 2010, takes an approach I think is pretty effective.

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