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Leviticus 16:1-34: The Scapegoat Ritual
The Torah reading for Yom Kippur morning.
Celebrate, Live, More Holidays, Tu Bishvat
Kabbalistic Tu Bishvat Seder
For Jewish mystics, nature is a sacred text.
Jewish Thought, Live, Members of the Scribe
October Mourning and Tikkun Olam
“And you shall lay down, and no man shall terrify you….” Whenever I stand up in shul on Shabbat and ...
Celebrate, More Holidays, Yom Ha'atzmaut
The Religious Status of Yom Ha’atzmaut
Within Israel and in the greater Jewish world there are differing views as to whether there is a religious nature to Israel's Independence Day.
Beliefs & Practices, Gender & Sexuality, Live, Study
Traditional Sources on Sex Outside Marriage
While the Torah does not forbid premarital sex, the rabbis of the talmudic era prohibited it--but one modern authority proposed a sanctioned form of exclusive sexual relationship outside of marriage.
Jews Around the Globe, Modern Israel
Mizrahi Jews in Israel
Jews from Arab lands are gaining more and more influence in Israeli society.
American Jews, Jewish History, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
American Synagogue Sisterhoods
Jewish women serving congregation, denomination, American and world Jewry
Ashkenazi Jews Embrace Sephardic Fare
Now that the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet are being realized, American Jewry is embracing Sephardic cooking.