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The music and lyrics expressed the dreams of a new nation.

Rabbinic readings of biblical stories suggest some pitfalls to be avoided in raising children.

Rejection of "foreign worship" is a primary commandment and central to the Jewish worldview.

What daily life was like from the first through fifth centuries.

The Temple's destruction, the transfer of leadership to Babylon, and the Persian return to Israel reflect the larger political conflicts of the ancient world.

Palestine goes Greek.

Judea becomes a Roman tributary.

The historical importance and practical history of rebuilding ancient Judaism's sacred center.

According to Reconstructionism's founder, the idea of chosenness divides peoples from each other and should be rejected, not reinterpreted.

The 19th-century rabbi who shaped a modern Orthodox community in bridging traditional practice and Enlightenment thinking.

Traditional rabbinic authorities forbid instigating the death of a terminally ill patient.

Most Jewish authorities permit test tube conception, but worry about what to do with the unneeded genetic material.