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Why Stay Up All Night Studying Torah?
Tonight, Jews across the world will pull an all-nighter. Some will sit in synagogue all night long; others will “shul-crawl,†...
Conservation and Experimentation
If ritual is to create a shared language across the generations, we must ensure the Judaism we practice is recognizable both to our ancestors and descendants.
Israeli Culture, Jewish Culture, Jewish Music
Israeli Folk Music
The music and lyrics expressed the dreams of a new nation.
Jewish Culture, Jewish Literature, Modern Israeli Literature
A.B. Yehoshua
To this author and social critic, Israeli identity comes first.
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Antisemitism & Bigotry, Jewish History, Magic & the Supernatural
Jewish Magic & the Blood Libels
Suspicion of Jewish magic was behind the medieval accusation of child murder.
Modern Orthodoxy Builds a Cathedral
In 1887, Congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ) of New York City opened the doors of its monumental new synagogue on Eldridge Street, on New York's Lower East Side.
Holocaust, Jewish History, Study
The St. Louis
The German luxury ship, the St. Louis, sailed to Cuba with over 900 passengers on it, only to be turned away and sent back to Europe.
JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
Dear Rabbi Pruzansky, From a Rape Survivor
Steven Pruzansky, an Orthodox rabbi in New Jersey who has made numerous problematic statements in the past, recently posted a highly ...
Eating Pork in New York
It was close to midnight, the latest I’ve been out in months. My friend Fred Chao had brought me to ...
Israel, Jewish Texts, Rabbis Without Borders, Study, Talmud
Jews, Hope, and the 99%
Many Jews have ambivalent feelings about the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Thankfully, the Jewish story in the United States has ...