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Holocaust, More Holidays, Yom Hashoah
Setting a Date for Yom Hashoah
After much debate, a compromise date--satisfactory to none--is chosen.
God’s Gender: A Traditionalist View
If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.
Beliefs & Practices, Pray, Prayer Services
How to Have an Aliyah
What you should know before you're called to the Torah.
The Amidah
Moving from praise to petition to thanksgiving, the Amidah inculcates a sense of connection to God.
Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Science and Ecology, Study, Talmud
Seder Zeraim (Agriculture)
Some of the mishnaic laws related to agriculture remain directly relevant for contemporary urban and suburban lives.
Jewish Thought, Magic & the Supernatural, Modern Jewish History, Mysticism
Who Was Shabbetai Zevi?
The kabbalistic false messiah gained a mass following in the 17th century — until he converted to Islam.
Jewish Law, Mourn, Prayers for Mourners
Yizkor: The Unending Conversation
Yizkor is part of an ongoing conversation with the dead, but what we don't realize is that we constantly converse with the dead in daily life.
The Seven Genders in the Talmud
Judaism has recognized nonbinary persons for millennia.
Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17: Tithing, Sabbaticals and Pilgrimage
A connection between Sukkot and this "eighth day of assembly."
Bible, Israel, Jewish Texts, Study
Zionism And First Fruits
The speech that farmers recited when bringing their first fruits to the Temple articulates the Zionist message.