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Blessings and Curses: What’s in a Binary?
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
From Insecurity to Sovereignty
Like the manna in the desert, food aid policies often do not foster real freedom.
Gender & Sexuality, Keshet, Live
Parashat Ki Tavo: Fine-Tune Your Spiritual Hearing
Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...
American Jews, Jewish History, Women & Feminism
Jewish Women and Suburbanization
A close look at the role of women and girls in the early American suburbs.
Rabbinic Reasons For the Mitzvot
The Sages proposed additional reasons to obey the mitzvot beyond those offered by the Bible.
Ha Lachma Anya: The Bread of Slavery and Affliction
This text is an opportunity for hands-on engagement with the seder’s core message.
Celebrate, JOFA's Torch, Live, Mysticism, Pray, Prayer Services, Shabbat, Women & Feminism
Candle Lighting’s Power to Connect and Transform Us
I’m thinking a lot about Shabbat candle lighting nowadays, in part because I’m awaiting the birth of my first grandchild ...
New Jewish Deli Mamaleh’s is Bringing Nostalgic Eats to Boston
The wandering is over. With the much anticipated opening of Mamaleh’s, a new Jewish delicatessen in Cambridge’s Kendall Square, Bostonians ...
Katy Perry is no Sacha Baron Cohen
So Katy Perry thinks she’s Sacha Baron Cohen, in possession of that subtle talent that turns offense into parody. Problem ...
Jewish Texts, Mysticism, Sages & Scholars, Study
Isaac Luria and Kabbalah in Safed
After the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the center of kabbalistic study moved to the town of Safed in northern Palestine.