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Like many who grew up in a synagogue, I can probably say that I had more opportunities to hang out with the ...

Welcome back to Mensch Madness! It’s already Game 5!Rabbi Moses Ben Maimo, also known as Maimonides, alias Rambam, is in the ...

Last week I had a nasty bout of stomach flu. One of those batten down the hatches, no food for ...

The agunah problem has not gone away. Every so often it rears its ugly head and we witness yet another ...

And what is a drinking party without drinking songs? As in other Jewish communities, drinking alcohol was part of the ...

If the wrong candidate wins, you’re moving to Canada.Canada: land of safe haven for refugees, universal health care, hate speech laws, ...

In the times of the ancient Israelites, we were supposed to make sacrifices to God on many different occasions. When ...

Judaism and justice go hand in hand. The Jewish value of tzedakah (charity, from the Hebrew word for “justice”) underscores that ...

Today’s game is a showdown between a veteran and a rookie. Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089-1167) will compete against Nehama Leibowitz (1905-1997).Despite ...

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Purim is, without question, one of the most outrageous, over-the-top and, some might say, offensive holidays in the Jewish tradition. ...

In Pirkei Avot 2:10 we are taught that Rabbi Eliezer said, יהי כבוד חברך חביב עליך כשלך “Let your neighbor’s dignity be precious ...

Keshet recently spoke with Raffi Freedman-Gurspan. Raffi, a Jewish woman, is the first openly transgender member of staff at the White House. ...

Purim is right around the corner!  Among the traditions of the holiday is the exchanging of gifts of food with ...

What an exciting match-up we have today: Joseph Caro versus Isaac Luria. Two titans of Torah commentary, taking it to ...