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Believing the Exodus Story

Why is it that the most unbelievable of Jewish stories is that which is most believed in?

Confronting Jewish Violence

Today is Shushan Purim, the day Purim is celebrated in cities that were “walled” at the time of Joshua. Most ...

Collective Memory

Communal remembering was constructed on the basis of traditional Jewish archetypes.

Summary of Tractate Ketubot

Laws of marriage contracts and a whole lot more.

You Should Be Baking with Rosewater This Shavuot

We love this floral scent and taste.

Jews in Germany Today

The land where Hitler once ruled has a burgeoning Jewish community.

White Moses and Black Bond

The recent Sony hacking scandal raised an uproar about the movie The Interview with Seth Rogen and James Franco. But ...

The Sanctity Of Elemental Relationships

The juxtaposition of laws about the high priest on Yom Kippur, forbidden sexual relationships and laws about blood teach the sanctity of basic parts of life.

Jewish Pseudepigraphy

To earn respect, a genre of Jewish texts assigns authorship to biblical figures and sages of previous eras.

The Path to Reconciliation

How do you keep the past alive without becoming its prisoner?

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