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My Big Happy Greek-Ashkenazi Family
When I was in Israel this fall, I ended up going to a Sephardic synagogue one Shabbat morning, and served ...
The Ultra-Orthodox Backlash
When a former ultra-Orthodox Jew publicly reveals her story, she often faces ferocious attacks from her community of origin who will ...
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Antisemitism & Bigotry
Passover and Blood Libels
The accusation that blood was used to make wine or matzah for Passover was a pretext for attacks on Jews.
‘Awake, Awake, Miriam the Prophetess’
Selections from two tehines (women's prayers)
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Limmud NY 2010: Drinking, Sex, and Megillat Esther
Shabbat is over at Limmud NY, and once again I’m skipping the big havdalah event to write up some quick ...
A New Passover Cookbook Tells the Story of Sephardi Jewish Foods and Traditions
An extensive new cookbook details Sephardi and Judeo-Arab food traditions.
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish Thought, Study
Jewish Philosophy and Philosophies of Judaism
It is more accurate to speak of Jewish philosophies than of a single Jewish philosophy.
A Century Since Balfour: Israel and the Trap of Over-Simplifying
100 years since the Balfour Declaration
Ancient Israel, Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish History, Study
Palestine under Persian, Byzantine and Arab Rule
24 years, three empires, and one new faith in Palestine
Beliefs & Practices, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Thought, Study, Zionism
Questioning Zionism
Since the beginning of modern Zionism, some Jews have stood in opposition to it.