From Redemption to Responsibility: Spiritual Introspection During the Omer
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Photos and illustrations of Ukraine’s historic synagogues provide a glimpse into Eastern European Jewish life throughout the last 500 years.
The Jewish past is not merely remembered, but continuously re-enacted.
The preeminent figure of American Modern Orthodoxy, the man known as ‘the Rav’ ordained thousands of rabbis.
From Hitler’s rise to power to the Nuremberg trials, key events of the Shoah.
From the Gospels to Nostra Aetate, how Jews were accused of deicide.
In this Torah portion, God describes to Moses many ethical and ritual laws aimed at helping people live lives of holiness. The laws described include some of those recorded in the Ten Commandments, such as respecting one’s parents, keeping the Sabbath and not stealing. God also introduces laws about farming and about belief in supernatural beings.
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Only through the combination of ritual and ethics can Judaism fully express itself.
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Hosted by: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
Hosted by: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
Two Samaritans.
Talmud as a social map.
You and she are relatives.
In this moment of crisis, we need to let things arise and evaporate, leaving us unburdened enough to do the work of peace.
Why does Jewish tradition instruct us to endlessly retell the story of our ancestors’ enslavement?
The visceral cries of the enslaved Israelites, not their words, was essential to the process of liberation.
Asenath Barazani (also spelled Asnat or Osnat) led a yeshiva in 17th century Kurdistan.
From cabal to camel, a list of English words that derive from Hebrew.
The Jewish concept of a divinely ordained soulmate dates back at least to the Talmud.
Dreaming was a major source of prophetic insight in the Torah, but Jewish texts also betray a certain anxiety about dreaming.