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Can Israel Help American Jews Recall Their Own Forgotten Heroes?
Now that my previous blog established to everyone’s complete satisfaction that Louis Marshall ought to be considered a paramount figure in the ...
Beliefs & Practices, Study, Tzedakah
Preventing Dependency
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." How many fish do we buy, and how many nets?
Jewish Ethics, Jewish Thought, Live
The Right to Privacy in Judaism
Judaism values privacy, but it's unclear how much.
Seize the Day School
One man's struggle with sending his daughter to day school.
Jews Around the Globe, Modern Jewish History
Judaism After Communism
Jewish life flourishes both in and outside the former Soviet Union.
Beliefs & Practices, End of Life, Mourn, Study
Hastening Death vs. Letting Death Come: A Reform View
When it's acceptable to use a "living will" to end treatment of terminally ill patients
The Conventions of Biblical Poetry
A brief introduction to the devices and characteristics of this biblical genre.
Kohelet Teaches Us to Live for Today
Unexpected wisdom for the real world from the Book of Ecclesiastes.