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Jewish or Democratic? Israel’s Former Top Judge Reflects on Values

Some people say a state that is both Jewish and democratic is an oxymoron, but the values can work together.

Passover Songs

From a lowly goat to the rebuilt Holy Temple, the songs in the Haggadah survey all of Jewish life and hope.

Hannah Arendt

A towering intellectual who theorized about the nature of totalitarianism and Nazi evil.

Canadian Jewry

Canada's multicultural society has shaped its Jewish community.

Siddur Contents: Shabbat & Holiday Liturgy

A guide to the prayerbook and the standard service.

Dual Loyalty and the Israel Lobby

A historical perspective of American Jewish allegiance.

Post-Zionism

New Historians, new understandings of the past, and recent critiques of Zionist discourse

Planning a Brit Milah (Bris)

What to do before your son's circumcision.

History of Bar Mitzvah

Originally bar mitzvah meant simply "coming of age." The ceremony developed much later.

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