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What!? You Mean Women Can Actually Study Talmud?
Memories of the film, Yentl, came to mind when a number of highly Jewishly educated women invited me to join ...
Is Halloween Kosher?
Jewish engagement with Halloween varies widely based on personal beliefs, denominational affiliations and community norms.
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Talking About Abortion From the Bimah
This past weekend I went to a family bat mitzvah in the DC area. It was an intense weekend, full ...
Desserts, Eat, Jewish Recipes, Shavuot, Shavuot Food
How to Make Perfect Cheesecake 5 Ways
Cheesecake is the iconic Shavuot dessert, as sacrosanct as a Hanukkah latke or Passover matzah ball.
A Convert Cannot Reject Jewish Law
This legal opinion from the Masorti (Conservative) movement in Israel takes the lenient opinion that a convert should not explicitly reject any Jewish law.
Turning Challenge into Opportunity
Molly Hott is the director of 92Y Passport NYC, a Jewish overnight camp based in New York City focusing on ...
Antisemitism & Bigotry, Israel, Jewish History, Members of the Scribe, Study, Zionism
Albert Einstein: A Highly Committed Jew
Albert Einstein may have been the most famous Jew of the 20th century. His biographer Walter Isaacson described that “when he ...
Holocaust, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Women During the Holocaust
The Nazis subjected women to brutal persecution.