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Jewish Thought, Rabbis Without Borders
Are today’s Americans really wimps?
Recently there has been a rash of articles declaring how stupid American parents have overcoddled their children in all sorts ...
The Times They Are Changing
It used to be that most Jews affiliated with a synagogue. My parents’ generation supported their synagogues and the organized ...
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Baxter the Pig: The Simple Son
Earlier this week Laurel Snyder blogged on writing a book about inclusion and diversity and the job of being Jewish. ...
Celebrate, Rabbis Without Borders
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
Recently a woman asked me if it was okay during her prayers to pray to her deceased mother. She said,”the ...
Israel, Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Day After Night: The Book Tour
I will be on the road a fair amount this fall, introducing my new novel, Day After Night, to the ...
The Best Part of Israeli Food Is the Salads
We love the beautiful array of salads you find on any Israeli table.
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
The Hope (free mp3!)
My Hasidic father-in-law, after being initiated as the president of his local branch of United Israel Appeal (an organization that, ...
How To Choose a Passover Haggadah
Questions to consider when buying the book for your seder.
Celebrate, More Holidays, Tisha B'Av
Tisha B’Av 101
Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av, is the major day of communal mourning in the Jewish calendar.
Israel, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
The Twin Wars
How the Six Day War and the Yom Kippur War shaped Israel.