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From Looking Jewish to Being Jewish
Cultural anthropologists call it ‘going native’. You find yourself in the field as a participant observer of your host culture ...
Celebrate, Live, Weddings & Marriage
The Seven Blessings (Sheva Brachot) for a Jewish Wedding
These blessings are recited under the huppah and at celebratory meals for a week afterward.
Gender & Sexuality, Live, Weddings & Marriage, Women & Feminism
How Jewish LGBT Weddings May Improve Straight Ones
Heterosexual couples have much to learn from gay ones when it comes to designing their wedding ceremony.
The Best Jewish Food in Toronto
Honey boiled bagels, old school delis, and modern Israeli cuisine too.
How My Non-Jewish Husband Became in Charge of Making Latkes Every Hanukkah
My husband is definitively non-Jewish by all religious standards. Except for his latke skills.
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish Ethics, Keeping Kosher, Science and Ecology
What Is “Ethical” Kashrut?
Bringing animal treatment, workers' conditions, and environmental issues to a kosher table.
Keeping Kosher: Contemporary Views
Recent writers reflect on what observing kashrut has meant in their own lives.
The Most Beloved Sephardi Passover Dishes from My Childhood
Slow cooked eggs and sponge cake are filled with Passover memories.