All the Holocaust Memorial Days Explained
From Yom Hashoah to International Holocaust Memorial Day, there are a variety of dates for commemorating one of the worst tragedies in Jewish history.
A Timeline of the Holocaust
From Hitler’s rise to power to the Nuremberg trials, key events of the Shoah.
Jews of Iran: A Modern History
Iranian Jewry under the Islamic Republic of Iran.
What Is A Mikveh?
Whether you’re dunking for conversion or for any other reason, here’s what to expect at the ritual bath.
Judaism and Immigration
The Torah repeatedly emphasizes our obligation to love the strangers among us and to avoid causing them harm.
Next Torah Portion
Summary
In this Torah portion, God sends the eighth and ninth plagues, locusts and darkness, but Pharaoh still refuses to free the Israelite slaves. God tells Moses that the 10th plague will be killing all the firstborn Egyptians. God commands each Israelite home to slaughter a lamb and spread the blood on their doorposts, in order to protect their firstborns. After the death of the firstborns, Pharaoh demands that the Israelites leave.
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Parashat Bo: The Miracle of Mixed Multitudes
Parashat Bo reminds us of the beautiful world that can be built in an instant, even after destruction and heartache.
Kaddish Minyan With Rabbi Rachel Isaacs (Mondays)
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Daf Yomi
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Menachot 13
How frankincense is like blood.
Menachot 12
Space and time.
Menachot 11
What, like it’s hard?
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a year of zohar
A series of seasonal essays exploring Judaism’s most important mystical text.
The Well of Torah
Moses’ last speech to the Israelites establishes the paradigm for spoken Torah.
The Exile of Speech
The Zohar reimagines Moses’ famous speech impediment as a deficiency in his prophetic power.
The Garment of Days
The Zohar weaves a dramatic images of the garment in which the soul is clothed after death.
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Ancient/Medieval Jewish History
Jewish Ghettos of Pre-Emancipation Europe
In many cities, Jews were forced to live and work in specific areas.
A Guide to Jewish Acronyms and Abbreviations
Common Hebrew (and Aramaic) shorthand translated and explained.
Breaking the Glass at a Jewish Wedding
Why the Jewish wedding ceremony ends with a famous bang.
The Expelled Jews of Coro, Venezuela
This was the first time that Jews had been driven out of an independent nation in South America.
Jews in the Civil Rights Movement
Nowhere did Jews identify themselves more forthrightly with the liberal avant-garde than in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
Recharge Now
Our weekly Shabbat newsletter, Recharge, features a thoughtful, timely essay to enrich your Shabbat.
Torah is Pedagogy
What if the Bible’s multiple voices aren’t a contradiction, but a curriculum?
Fear of Heaven
The Torah’s description of an active God is awesome, but terrifying.
Be Like the Moon
Even when we feel diminished, we have the ability to change, renew ourselves and shine.