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Celebrate, Shavuot, Southern & Jewish
OM(er)G: What’s With the Beards?
There’s been some pretty intense facial hair around the ISJL office lately. If you stopped by in May, you might ...
The Pathos of Exodus: What Hollywood Blockbusters Have To Do With Ferguson and Giving Tuesday
My boys are getting psyched for the upcoming release of the blockbuster Exodus: Gods And Kings . Exodus promises to ...
Celebrate, Jewish Texts, JOFA's Torch, Purim, Study
Who Knows? An Adar of Anticipation
Nine months pregnant on the cusp of Purim.
Back to the Garden
This essay is reprinted with the permission of Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.With Tu Bishvat coming up, ...
Celebrate, Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Free Love and Communal Shabbat Dinners
When I lived in San Francisco, I didn’t have much going on in the way of hospitality — mainly because ...
Jewish Wedding Gifts
Planning to attend a Jewish wedding this summer? Here are Jewish gift ideas–some creative, some traditional–that probably aren’t on the ...
Israel, Jewish Law, JOFA's Torch, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
One Day or Two Days? (part 1 of 2)
I have lived in Israel for most of my life. Many mitzvot are only relevant in the land of Israel, ...
Mediterranean Food
The Jews of Turkey and Greece ate foods inspired by Ottoman cuisine.
Aaron, the High Priest
Moses's brother helped lead the Israelites to freedom.
Denominations, Jewish History, Study
What Is Secular Humanistic Judaism?
This "fifth denomination," founded in the 1960s by a Reform-ordained rabbi, describes itself as humanistic rather than atheistic.