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Celebrate, Jewish History, More Holidays, Tisha B'Av
A Communal Mourning
On Tisha B'Av, re-enacting the sorrow felt by those who survived the destruction of the Temple
Beliefs & Practices, Celebrate, Israel, Jewish Texts, Jewish Thought, Mysticism, Passover, Seder, Study
Mystical Israel
Medieval kabbalah offers various approaches to the Land of Israel.
Beliefs & Practices, Interfaith, Jewish Law, Jews & Non-Jews, Live, Study
The Non-Jew in Jewish Law
Rabbinic authorities have used different arguments to redress inequities in the way halakhah treats non-Jews.
Beliefs & Practices, Live, Mixed Multitudes
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007)
Jean Baudrillard, the maddeningly-obscure, but prophetic, French philosopher died earlier this week at the age of 77. Baudrillard wasn’t Jewish. ...
Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Study, Talmud
Seder Moed (Appointed Time)
The order of the Mishnah that describes the customs, laws, and rituals of Judaism's holy days
Holocaust, Jewish Culture, Jewish History, Jewish Literature, Live, Study, Women & Feminism
Women in Holocaust Literature: Writers and Writings
These women use diaries, memoirs, fiction, and poetry to express their Holocaust experience.
The Time And Place For Spontaneity
The deaths of Nadav and Avihu, Aaron's sons, teach us the value and also danger of spontaneous religious expression.
Israel, Jewish History, Modern Israel, Study
Israel’s 2006 Elections: With a Whimper, Not a Bang
2006 Israeli Elections. The Israeli Electoral System. Israeli Politics. Contemporary Israel. The Jewish State. Jewish History and Community.
Jewish Thought, Science and Ecology, Study
Nature and Holiness in the Writings of Priests and Prophets
To the Israelite prophets, humans are central to the relationship of God and the created world...