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What do Yiddish-speaking chickens, screaming latkes, and a pig who really, really wants to be kosher have in common?They’re all ...

In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, we bring you a meditation on the connection between tzara’at, a ...

As an ex-pat British Jew, living and working in the USA, I’ve been following the press coverage on the search ...

Is my fiction Jewish? In my last blog post I came to a firm conclusion: yes—and no. Well, I think I ...

“I hate them,” he said, with quiet conviction.“Who do you hate?” I probed.“Them. The Palestinians. I hate them.”It was at ...

So what did you really look forward to last week—Thanksgiving or Black Friday? Gorging on turkey surrounded by all those ...

The idea of a Jewish conspiracy to control the world has long been a canard of anti-Semites. Its most infamous ...

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

I think most Jewish writers, at one time or another, face the question of what makes them Jewish writers, as opposed ...

A Small Thought on V’Yeitze Jacob, fleeing from his brother Esau, stops on the way, falls asleep for the night ...

Were you aware that every year, erev Thanksgiving, a turkey is sent to the White House for the president to ...

Most of us are hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday. With gratitude on our minds, we are grateful to ...

We hear from trans-activists (including on this blog – see yesterday’s interview with Nick Teich) that one impediment to transgender ...

Growing up in Orthodox Brooklyn, all that was forbidden to us was, by its nature, exotic. We did not have ...

Perhaps after I was born, someone sneaked into the hospital nursery and instead of snatching me, stood above me and ...