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New Year, New Semester

I love New Year’s Eve. I love reflecting on the past year, celebrating with friends, and watching the ball drop. ...

Light Your Hanukkiah in Solidarity Against Terrorism–Or, You Know, Because of Hanukkah

Several people have forwarded me this email in the past two days:Dear Friends, Last Shabbat, in my sermon, I offered ...

Israel and Israelis

After months of anticipation, I arrived in a slightly damp and chilly Israel for the annual training of summer shlichim ...

Jewish Schnorrer Jokes

The best jokes about beggars and moochers.

Plum Crisp

This fruit dessert is a wonderful alternative to apple crisp.

Why Yom Kippur Is a Joyous Holiday

Jewish texts portray Yom Kippur as a serious day of repentance and reflection — but not one of sadness.

Braised Leeks with Thyme and Pomegranate

These flavors deepen as they are cooked, making them sweeter.

Rabbinic, Medieval, and Early Modern History of Healing

The evolution of attitudes towards physicians, beliefs connecting illness and sin, prayers for healing, and the use of folk healing traditions.

The Death Penalty in Jewish Tradition

Capital punishment: allowed in the Torah and Talmud, but rarely carried out by Jewish courts.

What Were Shtetls?

Clearing up myths about these Eastern European villages where Jews lived.

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