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My Stomach: My Ruler, My King

Like many Jews, I have stomach problems. Fortunately for most people, their problems aren’t as severe as mine. For three ...

And then?

This week, the Jerusalem Post has an op-ed by a former Birthright Israel participant entitled, “What Now?” Struggling with how ...

American Jews, Marketing, & Yom Kippur

-Ira Forman argues that Walt and Mearsheimer in their new book “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy� demonstrate that ...

Yerida to Yemen

Thanks to Ben over at reshimu for pointing out this fascinating Haaretz news clip about a Jewish family returning to ...

A Tough Balancing Act

Let me make it clear from the outset: I think some of these people and groups I am about to ...

No need for an eruv

My husband and I are just about to close on our first home next week. Looking for homes was a ...

Next Year in Jerusalem

At the end of the neilah, the final part of the Yom Kippur service, we say b’shana haba b’yerushaleym, next ...

Literature and the Arts

-Appreciations of the recently deceased writer Grace Paley: The Jewish Week NJ Jewish News The Forward Los Angeles Times -The ...

Invite Only

The High Holidays can prove to be spiritually lacking, particularly for those of us who spend everyday surrounded by Judaism. ...

How about Gmar Chatima Tova?

Every year the President sends greetings to the Jewish people for Rosh Hashanah. President Bush has been careful to not ...

Five Years of Trembling

To commemorate the five-year anniversary of Trembling on the Road, director Sandi Dubowski has launched a campaign to celebrate and ...

Shana Tova, Ima

Since the beginning of Elul I’ve been participating in a project that has surprised and delighted me every step of ...

Teshuva (from a Christian reader)

Since I can empathize with the desire to do theological housecleaning, I thought I’d post this email we just got ...

Lamentations 9/11

I thought it would be a bit odd to have an entire day of posts without mentioning 9/11. On Faith, ...

Reviewing the Rabbi

Jews tend to be critical of High Holidays services, particularly when it comes to the performance of the rabbi. Quite ...