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Bitter, Bitter Cheshvan

 With the intensity of our Fall Holy Days behind us, we find ourselves now in the month of Cheshvan. Known ...

Shabbat 11

If all the seas were ink.

Finding Helen Keller’s Thank You-Note to a Southern Rabbi

“The birds are gone.  The life that throbbed through tree, bush and grass is stilled.  The ground is frozen so ...

Jews on the Prairie and the American West

How the market revolution helped bring Judaism to the American frontier.

Why Bake Your Own Matzah?

In his last post, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, the author of Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building ...

Rosh Hashanah Theology and Themes

The Jewish New Year is simultaneously a time of great celebration and subtle trepidation.

My Visit to Auschwitz Gave Me The Strength to Challenge My Classmates

And convince them of the ongoing importance of Holocaust education.

Green Lasagna

I grew up eating lots of very traditional Italian-American lasagna, baked ziti and anything else you could cover in homemade ...

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