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Celebrate, Eat, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Food
Rosh Hashanah Customs
How to celebrate the Jewish New Year at home.
Diving into Elul
As we prepare for the High Holidays, we are reminded that the essence of faith lies in the power of imagination.
Celebrate, Israel, JOFA's Torch, Pray, Study, Sukkot, Women & Feminism
To Feel More Connected, Get Physically Closer to the Torah
When you see an adorable baby, a stunning gem, or an intricately illustrated medieval Hagaddah, don’t you feel a yearning to ...
Celebrate, JOFA's Torch, Live, Purim, Women & Feminism
Women’s Megillah Reading in a Small Town–Some Tips From Our 5th Year
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — we are the capital city of the Commonwealth. No, Pennsylvania’s capital is not in Philadelphia. Several years ago ...
The Pathos of Exodus: What Hollywood Blockbusters Have To Do With Ferguson and Giving Tuesday
My boys are getting psyched for the upcoming release of the blockbuster Exodus: Gods And Kings . Exodus promises to ...
Ordinary German Citizens During WWII
“It is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, ...
Conversion, JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
Navigating Orthodox Conversion with a Feminist Sensibility
I was 75 percent Jewish, I told the Orthodox rabbi, my paternal grandparents and one maternal grandparent were all Jewish. “So, you’re not Jewish,” he replied.
Beliefs & Practices, Gender & Sexuality
Menstruation and “Family Purity” (Taharat Ha-Mishpacha)
An act of will is required to turn our thoughts back to the sacred after a bodily event has focused our attention on the very physical here-and-now.
Disability, Gender & Sexuality, Keshet, Live
Federations Get Serious About LGBTQ Inclusion
This summer the UJA-Federation of New York hosted a Community Conversation on LGBTQ Engagement, a conference convened to discuss ideas of LGBTQ ...