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Knowing One’s Place, Knowing One’s Time

Why is Moses reluctant to hand over leadership to Joshua?

Models Of Leadership

Moses and God each instruct Joshua according to the different models of leadership each embodies.

Punishments, Land, And People

Even during their long exile from the land of Israel, the Jewish people will retain their covenant with God, despite the punishments God exacts against the land.

Words Of Admonition

Moses at the end of his life rebukes the Israelites, who are receptive to his criticisms.

American Synagogue Sisterhoods

Jewish women serving congregation, denomination, American and world Jewry

Gay, Gray and Jewish

A Jewish-lesbian-grandmother-feminist-activist shares her story.

How the Crusades Affected Medieval Jews in Europe and Palestine

Jews got entangled in the Christian quest to recapture the Holy Land from Muslims.

Jews and “The Church”

Scholar Norman Roth questions whether the idea of the medieval Church makes sense as a category of analysis for Jewish history.

History of Reconstructionist Judaism

This movement originated in the philosophy of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan.

Bar and Bat Mitzvah 101

An overview of this Jewish rite of passage for 12- and 13-year-olds.

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