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This Yemenite Jewish Porridge Is the Comfort Food of My Childhood

A cherished family recipe for the most comforting hot cereal with butter and honey.

Claiming Our Spiritual Ancestry

In the year 2000, I was still a newly-minted Jew, having completed my conversion in March of 1999. As Passover ...

“Funny, You Don’t Look Jewish”

Not actually funny. Not actually a compliment.

Fasting and Asceticism

What is prohibited on Yom Kippur?

Taanit 14

He decreed thirteen fasts, but he was not answered.

What Are the Three Weeks, Anyway?

Dr. Erica Brown is the author of In the Narrow Places, a daily meditation for each day of the Three Weeks. ...

The True, Smelly, Dirty, World of the Sukkah

Sukkot, which begins Sunday, is called by our sages, “The season of our rejoicing.” But why should we rejoice?Just this ...

The Rashida Jones All-Stars

I mentioned yesterday that my next post would be my team for the Rashida Jones All-Stars. Now, if you didn’t ...

Confronting An Absence

Both Parashat Tetzaveh and the Book of Esther are missing some central characters.

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