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Israeli Culture, Jewish Theater and Dance
Israeli Theatre
A culmination of foreign and native influences.
Israeli Culture, Jewish Culture, Jewish Music
Israeli Popular Music
A unique sound emanating from a unique place
Why Observe Shabbat?
Modern Jewish thinkers explore new dimensions of what Shabbat observance can mean.
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish Thought, Judaism and Free Will, Science and Ecology, Study
Psychotherapy and Teshuvah
A traditional perspective.
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish History, Jewish Texts, Jews & Non-Jews, Study
The Talmud on Trial
Medieval Jewish-Christian disputations.
Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Jewish Women After the Haskalah
The Jewish home takes center stage.
Beliefs & Practices, Jews & Non-Jews, Study
Traditional Views of Jewish Chosenness
The Bible implies that God's choice of the Jews was random; later traditions made the Jews seem deserving of this privilege.
Beliefs & Practices, Interfaith, Jews & Non-Jews, Live, Study
Spinoza and the Philosophical Impossibility of a Chosen People
Jewish chosenness is not a metaphysical reality. It derives from the conditions of a particularly prosperous period in Israelite history.
Beliefs & Practices, Interfaith, Jewish Thought, Jews & Non-Jews, Live, Study
Jewish Attitudes Toward Eastern Religions
Most traditional authorities dismissed Hinduism as idolatry, but in recent years, some Jews have become more tolerant of certain Eastern religions and practices.