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No Mezuzah on Avenue Q

Last night, I went to see the hit Broadway musical, Avenue Q. While I enjoyed the show, I have two ...

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 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 ...

I’m 97. Here’s How American Jewish Food Has Changed in My Lifetime.

The lost traditions of Jewish cooking and the flavors we’ve forgotten.

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 ...

Rabbinic Development of Passover

The seder takes shape in the rabbinic period.

This Sephardi Rosh Hashanah Soup Is Steeped in Symbolism

My mother's simanim soup is full of blessings for the new year.

Maimonides on Seder Moed

The sequence of the tractates in the Order

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