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Jews in Persian Music

For hundreds of years, most Persian musicians were Jews.

Tzom Gedaliah

The history and observance of this minor fast day right after Rosh Hashanah.

The Meaning of Jewish Holidays

Why are Jewish holidays different from all other holidays?

Should Jews Vote for Bernie?

Last night Bernie Sanders made history as the first Jew to win a primary in a presidential election, soundly defeating ...

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Marriage or mourning?

Why Passover Is Important

Commemorating the foundational event in Jewish history makes Jews who they are.

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No brain in his head.

Jewish DNA Speaks

The field of genetics has been offering up sensational new observations about the historical record of Jewish origins, exile, and migrations.

Why I Joined Our Hevra Kaddisha

How one woman, in the middle of her own year of mourning, joined this "holy society" of those who prepare the dead for burial--and what it has meant to her.

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