Zoom Seder

Online prayer will never match the power of in-person worship.

Jan. 15 2024 12:01AM

The author of our May essay on the Zoom seder joins us to talk about his ideas and the debate surrounding them.

June 4 2020 1:07AM

From Ashkenazi and Sephardi to strict and lenient.

May 28 2020 12:01AM

The Zoom-seder ruling was intended to ease human suffering, but it was also, in effect, a maneuver for influence within the Sephardi rabbinate and a bid to resist historical forgetfulness.

May 26 2020 12:01AM

How the Zoom-seder debate opens up on questions of virtual reality.

May 21 2020 12:01AM

Lenient rulings in response to new situations are not necessary if unfortunate accommodations, they are instead a testament to the strength and durability of Judaism.

May 18 2020 12:01AM