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Incense
The smells of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel in Iran
A synagogue in today's Jerusalem bears the name Hajji Yehezkel.
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Iraqi Jews
The Iraqi Jewish Archive, as it became known, is both proud and pitiful.
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Moritz Steinschneider
A master of the book.
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Was Lenin Jewish?
Exploring the ancestry of the mastermind of the Bolshevik revolution.
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The Magic of Summer Camp
When my ten year old daughter heads to sleep-away camp this summer she will follow a family tradition that began the summer after World War II....
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Green Apple Blintz
Blintzes have had a long and happy relationship with Shavuot....
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Reciprocal Receiving on Rosh Chodesh
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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Shavuot Recipe: Mediterranean Tartlet
When in doubt, break out the puff pastry. Easy to work with, and always yielding a mouth-watering result, you really can't go wrong with a dish that ......
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JP Morgan, a Prostitute, and the Talmud
A Talmudic Solution to Chase’s Embarrassing, Cringeworthy, and Irresponsible $2 to 5 Billion Dollar Loss. It would be nice......
