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Kibbitzing at Kosherfest

A few weeks ago I had the hysterical pleasure of attending the 25th annual Kosherfest, the world’s largest kosher-certified products ...

The Last Jew of Boyle Heights

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times ran an article about the death of Eddie Goldstein, “the last Jewish man of ...

From the Collection: When Life Gives You Wood, Make Ducks

I was in North Mississippi, visiting my husband’s family for the first time over Thanksgiving when I first heard about ...

Learning from Experience

Technology is a marvelous thing. And the many creative ways Jewish professionals have incorporated it into Jewish communal life is ...

Writing Biography: The Historian’s Challenge, Part 2

Can biographers really know their subjects fully? Was Mark Twain right when he said that “a man’s real life is ...

Chaos Theory

When you’re the parent of a child with autism, you’re always bracing yourself for the endless string of theories headed ...

Extremism Works Both Ways

I spend most of my days and nights highlighting problem areas in Orthodox communities as well as viable solutions, with ...

The Prohibition Against Studying Torah on Tisha B’Av

Why would learning sacred Jewish texts be forbidden on this day of fasting and mourning?

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