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“Graven Images” Onscreen: Narrowing Our View?
You shall have no other gods beside Me. You shall not make for yourself any graven image, nor any manner ...
Shavuot Recipe Picks
And finally we get to one of my favorite Jewish holidays to cook for: Shavuot. I love making dairy meals, ...
Baked Ziti Cupcakes
A few months ago I was having lunch at my favorite Midtown NYC pizza spot – Pizza By Cer Te ...
First Fruits of the LGBT Movement
Part of the observance of Shavuot, the traditional spring harvest holiday, is the celebration of the bikkurim, the first fruits ...
Shavuot & Giving: Taking the Time to Get It Right
The holiday of Shavuot demonstrates a method of gift giving that we may want to deploy when thinking about advancing ...
Spinach, Blueberry & Goat Cheese Salad
Salads can be boring. In fact, every time I try to eat a salad for lunch I feel disappointed – ...
Israel and Israelis
After months of anticipation, I arrived in a slightly damp and chilly Israel for the annual training of summer shlichim ...
#Torah Without Borders
As of this writing, the following topics are trending on Twitter: Jason Collins #talkaboutyourcrushnight Pacific Rim #SexyThingsGirlsDo #confessionnight #SC1 Nancy ...
Mac ‘n Sweet Potato Cheesy Sauce
On the weekends growing up there was no better lunch for my mom than boxed mac n cheese. And us ...
Model Lessons
According to Jewish Law it’s the practice to refrain from getting married between Passover and Shavuot – until Lag B’Omer (Shulchan Aruch 493:1). ...
It’s a Trans-denominational, Multi-congregational, Inter-generational Havdalah Service
By Education Fellow Amanda WinerThe title of this post sounds like a Broadway song, doesn’t it?It actually describes a recent ...
Modeling Respect on Lag B’Omer
According to Jewish Law it is the practice to refrain from getting married between Passover and Shavuot – until Lag B’Omer ...