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Silencing Abominable Language: Parashat Re’eh

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

On Yom Kippur, You Are What You Don’t Eat

7 reasons for fasting on the Day of Atonement.

Ask the Expert: Do All Religions Worship the Same God?

Jews don’t have a monopoly on God, but we do privilege and prefer our own access.

Yevamot 39

Do we still perform levirate marriage?

The Order and the Ordering of Biblical Books

How did the Bible end up in the order it's in today?

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.

Sefer Hasidim

This medieval work describes the ideal life of the pious Jew.

Bethany’s Brilliant (Mississippi Delta) Bat Mitzvah

Late this past fall, I received a special invitation in my inbox. Surrounded by bright pink, blue and yellow polka dots, ...

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