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The Book of Job and the Paradox of Suffering

No biblical book takes up theodicy's challenge with greater power than the moving and enigmatic story of Job.

Seeing Layers in the Ten Commandments

A video for Parashat Vaetchanan

Planning the Right Jewish Wedding for You

How to make your wedding both authentically Jewish and personally meaningful.

What Does It Mean to Have Faith?

A video for Parashat Devarim.

The Spiritual Trauma of Taking a Life

How the kosher practice of waiting between meat and dairy reminds us of Moses' discomfort with violence.

The ‘Worst’ Torah Portion

Worlds are created -- and destroyed -- through words.

Meet the Torah’s Bold Band of Status Quo-Challenging Sisters

 In this busy portion, the daughters of Zelophehad succeed in staking claim their father’s land — sort of.

Where the False Claim That Jews Controlled the Slave Trade Comes From

Like many others, Jews participated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but they by no means dominated it.

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