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Where Childbirth Gets Short Shrift
Why is birth nestled between dietary restrictions and skin diseases?
Meeting Inclusion Campers on Their Level
February is Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion Month. Join us as we share stories that highlight the impact of inclusion ...
Modest Dressing
Modest dressing — what does it mean for a woman? Many religious communities have strict rules about what a woman ...
From The Collection: Images from Freedom Summer
From my adopted hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, I’ve been thinking about Freedom Summer.Now that we are a month away from ...
Celebrate, Lag Ba'Omer, More Holidays, Shavuot
Finding Meaning in the Omer
A time to prepare for receiving the Torah.
American Jews, Antisemitism & Bigotry, FAQ, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History
Where the False Claim That Jews Controlled the Slave Trade Comes From
Like many others, Jews participated in the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but they by no means dominated it.
Hebrew, Israel, Israel History, Israeli Culture, Jewish History, Jewish Languages, Modern Israel, Modern Jewish History, Zionism
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and the Making of Modern Hebrew
The Lithuania-born visionary turned an ancient language into a spoken one.
Women and Revelation
When Moses altered the message given to him by God, he cut women out of the revelation at Sinai.
Judaism on Greed
The notion that humans are merely stewards of wealth, not its owner, can play into the hands of the greedy.