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A Tisha B’Av User’s Guide
Tisha B’Av is the day when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. Twice. The entire day is a sort of ...
Themes & Theology of Speech
Jewish Speech. Themes and Theology of Jewish Speech. Jewish Speaking
Sex, Violence, and, Shades of Grey
The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy is everywhere. I saw a woman reading it the subway last week and another ...
Gender & Sexuality, Jewish Texts, JOFA's Torch, Live, Study, Talmud
How Do the Rabbis in the Talmud Address Rape?
With the deplorable situation in Santa Clara (the Stanford rape case), there has recently been a media focus on rape. ...
American Jews, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Jewish Vacations: The Catskills
A mid-20th-century haven for Jews trying to get away from it all.
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Celebrate, Gender & Sexuality, Jewish Law, JOFA's Torch, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
Celebrating Our Daughters: From Simchat Bat to Bat Mitzvah
I had been thinking about my eldest daughter’s bat mitzvah for a long time. We belong to a Modern Orthodox ...