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Parashat Vaetchanan: A Less Innocent Love

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

8 Jewish Values I Learned From Breastfeeding

Hineni.  Here I am, ready to nurse my last child for the last time. My mind is like a vortex for ...

Esther as Comedy

Can a book of the Bible be funny?

ROI 120: Tightrope Walkers, Half-Naked Trapeze, and the Future of the Jewish Community

Heshy Fried, better known as Frum Satire, is one of 120 participants in the Schusterman Foundation’s initiative ROI 120, a ...

When It’s OK To Say Nothing

At shiva, the mourner gets to decide whether or not to initiate conversation.

Samson

He could kill a lion or topple a temple with his bare hands, but succumbed to the love of a treacherous woman. Many wild traditions circulated about the first Jewish superhero.

God Hears, But What We Do Matters Most

Miriam and Aaron's criticism of Moses, and Miriam's punishment of leprosy teach lessons of sibling and communal responsibility.

Joseph’s Foresight and Restraint

A Torah teaching for the Western environmentalist.

Jewish Sketch Comedy & Stand-Up

1970s & '80s stand-up & sketch comedy: Seinfeld's start, Andy Kaufman, Saturday Night Live

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