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The Cursed House
The image of a house afflicted with a plague encourages us to examine what real and metaphorical plagues afflict our own homes and societies.
Wisdom From The Margins
Jethro's position at the outside of the Jewish people allowed him to understand how to make the Torah work for a multiplicity of people.
What Is Mussar?
A history and overview of this virtues-based approach to Jewish ethics and character development.
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish Thought, Sages & Scholars, Study
Emmanuel Levinas
A 20th-century philosopher whose Jewish sensibility influenced his encounter with Western thought and ethics.
English Words of Hebrew Origin
From cabal to camel, a list of English words that derive from Hebrew.
Ashkenazi Jews Embrace Sephardic Fare
Now that the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet are being realized, American Jewry is embracing Sephardic cooking.
Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Blacks and Jews Entangled
The complicated history of Black-Jewish relations in America.
American Jews, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Jewish Workers and Trade Unions
Needling capitalism in America.
Jewish Culture, Jewish Texts, Study, Talmud
The Origins of Jewish Performance
From Prohibition to Precedent.