Mixed Multitudes

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Half a Life

In Torah times, when someone accidentally killed another person, the victim’s family was allowed to make a revenge killing. The ...

Yom Kippur Roundup

Is the Kaparot ceremony a “mere superstition?” (Arutz Sheva)To get the most from Neilah, you need some “Neilah training.” Here’s ...

Barbecuing with the Hijackers

Gal Beckerman‘s first book, When They Come for Us, We’ll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry, will ...

Why We Fast on Yom Kippur

It’s only a few hours until Rosh Hashanah, and I am well into my predictable freak out about having enough ...

Against New Fruit

Is it just me, or is the new fruit custom on the second night of Rosh Hashanah one of the ...

My Favorite Jewish Writer

Recently, Moment magazine asked me to write an entry for their “Speaking Volumes” series. They approach current Jewish authors and ...

Shofar Music

It’s not that hard to play the shofar. Believe me, I’ve led enough High Holiday kids services in my life ...

Best of the Week

As Labor Day Weekend approaches (and Rosh Hashanah!), let’s take a look at what you may have missed this week ...

Pick It Out

Sometimes, a video’s brilliance is its simplicity. You don’t always need to fluff it up with fancy scripts and visuals. ...

Wise Fridays: What is Revelation?

“Revelation is not an act of [a prophet] seeking, but of his being sought after, an act in God’s search ...

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