Matisyahu gets a new spiritual groove

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Published on January 10, 2007

It is only a few miles from Crown Heights to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, but in some respects, the asphalt avenues linking them bridge entirely disparate worlds.

Matisyahu Miller -- known to his legions of fans by his first name, and to his friends simply as Matis -- makes the trip almost daily. He bikes from the Crown Heights apartment he shares with his wife and two young sons to the loft space he's just rented in the old industrial neighborhood, giving him a place to write and rehearse his next album.

Ritualized Equality

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Published on April 12, 2001

Woven into many Jews' seders when they sit down to celebrate Passover this year will be a spate of new traditions.

New Coalition Opposes Intermarriage

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Published on March 8, 2001

In the face of widespread popular Jewish acceptance of intermarriage and a sense that the Jewish community's leaders have given up any effort to oppose it, a group of 25 Jewish rabbis, intellectuals, lay leaders and communal affairs professionals is galvanizing to fight for change.

Is Y2K a Jewish issue?

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Published on December 16, 1999

Is the change of the secular calendar from 1999 to 2000 a Jewish issue?