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Interview with Merle Feld
I recently had the opportunity to interview poet and educator Merle Feld, author of A Spiritual Life: Exploring the Heart ...
National Redemption
The blessings that conclude the Amidah's center section emphasize God's redemption of Israel.
Beliefs & Practices, God, Study
To What is God Similar?
Rabbinic parables explicitly compare God to a variety of human analogues, reflecting the rabbis' subtle, complex, and diverse images of God.
The Best Jewish Food in San Francisco
A cultivated list of classic and innovative eats in collaboration with The Gefilteria.
Kislev & Hanukkah
The connections between the month and the holiday.
Prayer as Spiritual Practice
Ask most people about their long-term goals for prayer and they often lack even the vocabulary to venture an answer.
Bible, Jewish Texts, Personalities of the Bible
Samson
He could kill a lion or topple a temple with his bare hands, but succumbed to the love of a treacherous woman. Many wild traditions circulated about the first Jewish superhero.
Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
A Failed Peddler
An immigrant's memoir of trying to jump on the Jewish-peddler bandwagon
An Interview with Dr. Susie Tanchel: The First Out Head of a Jewish Day School
Tanchel was, until recently, the only out head of a Jewish day school in the country.
The Science Behind Children’s Spirituality
My 19-month-old daughter loves watching for school buses. She camps out on our couch, eyes eagerly scanning for any sign of yellow, and ...