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Who Is Dr. Ruth?

How a Jewish grandmother forever changed America's ideas of sexual education and literacy.

How to Have an Aliyah

What you should know before you're called to the Torah.

Daily Prayer: Shacharit, Mincha and Maariv

What distinguishes the three services from one another?

What Is “Ethical” Kashrut?

Bringing animal treatment, workers' conditions, and environmental issues to a kosher table.

Zemirot, or Shabbat Table Songs

Learn the most popular songs associated with the day of rest.

Everyday Blessings & Rituals

Texts, translations, and transliterations.

How Long Have Jews Been Celebrating Hanukkah?

Hanukkah does not appear in the Hebrew Bible. Where does it come from then?

Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass

The widespread violence of Nov. 9-10, 1938 signaled an escalation in the Nazi reign of terror.

Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Mizrahi and Ethiopian Jews

The Jewish world is more ethnically and racially diverse than many people realize.

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Making of Modern Hebrew

The Lithuania-born visionary turned an ancient language into a spoken one.

The Book of Proverbs

This section of the Bible includes a feminine depiction of wisdom and the text of the "Eshet Chayil" blessing.

Kisses Sweeter than Wine: Understanding the Song of Songs

Read during the week of Passover, this biblical text is an unabashedly sensuous paean to love.

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