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Food, Health & Judaism

Does the Torah require us to avoid unhealthy foods?

Heinrich Graetz

A historian of Judaism with a deep faith in tradition.

What Is The Tetragrammaton?

The unpronounceable four-letter name of God

Abraham Ibn Ezra

A master Torah commentator who foreshadowed biblical criticism

Ariel Sharon and the Messianism of Force

The legacy of a warrior and Prime Minister.

Blacks and Jews Entangled

The complicated history of Black-Jewish relations in America.

Postcards From the Dreyfus Affair

Opinions about Alfred Dreyfus--and modern anti-Semitism--were expressed through the new print media of the day.

Abolishing the Death Penalty

The Jewish case against capital punishment.

American Jews Between the Wars

The character of the American Jewish community changed, as a nation of immigrants Americanized.

The Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin

Learning conflicting lessons from Rabin's life.

Yitzhak Rabin & The Ethic of Jewish Power

Lessons learned from the assassination