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When the Mikvah Water Touches Your Black Hair

A conversion brings wholeness to body, mind and spirit.

The Book of Eicha: Faith in a Whirlwind

At the core of Lamentations is an expression of faith in the human capacity to survive in a broken world.

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 Perspectives on End-of-Life Care

Jewish approaches to medical decision-making for the terminally ill.

Top 15 Pop Culture Jewish Prayer Moments

From Gene Wilder to Larry David, we round up our favorite examples of Jewish prayers in music, film and TV.

How to Experience God in Your Body

Jewish wisdom isn't just meant to be intellectually understood, but embodied. Here's how.

Jews in the Civil Rights Movement

Nowhere did Jews identify themselves more forth­rightly with the liberal avant-garde than in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

A Caretaker’s Prayer

O God, pray heal her!

A Short History of Challah Bread, and How It Got So Sweet in America

Of the essential elements comprising Judaism, perhaps the most universally known and beloved is challah, the centerpiece of the weekly ...

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