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Mother’s Day Gift Idea

I get really good gifts while sitting shiva. Last time I got jewelry, and a bunch of books, and this ...

Significance of Birkat Hahammah

In Birkat Hahammah (the Blessing of the Sun), the rabbis acknowledged the power of nature, but put the emphasis on its Creator.

‘Tis The Season For Repentance…

I mean, when isn’t it the season for repentance?On Friday, I posted, what I thought was a somewhat humorous video ...

Israel is for the (Jordanian) Dogs

Sometimes Israel and her enemies are able to come together to help get an ill child the services he or ...

De-Baptism Easier Than Reversing a Bris

There are things your parents do to you when you’re too young to protest—like give you a bowl cut—that you ...

Mahara”t Sara Hurwitz, a “Unique” Woman Rabbi

This week the Jewish Channel covers a few Jewish stories in its weekly update, including the official appointment of Sara ...

Wise Fridays: There Is No Life

There is no life without a task; no person without a talent; no place without a fragment of God’s light ...

The Birthright Monologues: Win Free Tickets!

First of all: Birthright Israel is a trip that sends Jewish kids to check out Israel. Some go for 10 ...

Finding the Moshiach in Lost

SPOILER ALERT: If you watch Lost, and have not seen last night’s episode, “He’s Our You,” yet, go watch it, ...

Musaf First Aid (just in case…)

Today is Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the Hebrew month and the festival of the New Moon. Jews celebrate by ...

Barbra Streisand’s Yentl

The significance of this 1983 film based on an Isaac Bashevis Singer story.

HaOrot – The Music of Rav Kook’s Inner Bebop Child

I did not expect this. When I got the package in the mail, it definitely felt like a CD. But ...

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