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Jonathan Safran Foer on the Haggadah

It seems like the whole world is afire with Jonathan Safran Foer’s new haggadah, which he’s been planning since at ...

A Prayer For Paris

On Saturday night, my husband and I went to a local pub to listen to music. Then we came home ...

Rabbi Steinsaltz Takes on the Olympics

Remember when all of Jewish Law was ruled by a committee of 71 judges, each of whom were able to ...

Transitions

Last week, I blogged about the closing of the Ziv Tzedakah Fund. Today I received this letter from their Israel ...

Tu Bishvat Foods Roundup

Happy Tu Bishvat! Today we celebrate the birthday of the trees by eating fruit, nuts, grains, and other things that ...

5 Questions to Ask Yourself for the New Year

1. Am I living the life I want? Yup, that’s a big one to contemplate. Even a bit scary. But ...

Fear And Faith

When does fear protect us and when does it prevent us from living?

Pesachim 76

He was wise to permit it.

Greetings from Constantinople

A Sephardic Jew records his impression of the city and its Jewish inhabitants in the twelfth century.

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