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JUDAISM & NATURE

Green issues have recently inched into public discourse, but concern for nature has long been a tenet of Judaism. The Bible begins with the creation of the physical world and addresses it extensively. Modern Jews have grappled with everything from vegetarianism to recycling to the ethical treatment of animals.

LATEST ARTICLES: JEWISH BELIEFS

  • Satan

    Satan isn't the Jewish devil.

  • Bat Kol - A Divine Voice

    The lowest level of prophecy, but a mighty powerful voice.

  • DNA Speaks

    The field of genetics has been offering up sensational new observations about the historical record of Jewish origins, exile, and migrations.

  • Yehuda Ashlag

    Scholar of Kabbalah and progenitor of the Kabbalah Center.

  • Interpretations of the Golem

    Universal and particular.

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    The Western Wall beckoned at the beginning of the new Hebrew month of Kislev, 5760. I was studying at the Conservative Yeshiva for a month and resi......

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  • JP Morgan, a Prostitute, and the Talmud

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