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Does the word “mitzvah” mean “good deed”? Is it a commandment? Can it be both?The London-based initiative Mitzvah Day answer ...

My life has been very Harry Potter oriented lately. With the seventh movie coming out this Friday, I thought it ...

At this year’s General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North America, clear signs of the “tricky terrain” between the ...

I have a friend who works with the US government on Guam. One day he was talking to a woman ...

“Shemiah said: Shun authority.” Just what does this mean? That a man should not on his own place a crown ...

Earlier this week, Lavie Tidhar wrote about Jewish vampires and Hebrew punks and searching for Osama. His new novel, An Occupation ...

Why do we love to read about food?I’m in the middle of Kosher Nation , a history of kosher food ...

Apparently the Chilean miners have been offered an all expenses paid trip to Israel, and they are on board, if ...

It’s possible that we have something of an obsession with Justin Bieber in this office. Just two weeks ago Jeremy ...

So I’m editing this little daily email called Jewniverse, which tells you about one cool/amazing/unusual thing each day that you’ve ...