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Naomi Shemer

This Israeli songwriter is famous for lyrics of such songs as "Jerusalem of Gold" and "Lu Yehi"

Jewish Schnorrer Jokes

The best jokes about beggars and moochers.

Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakk

They struggled to reconcile the words of earlier prophets.

How To Visit the Sick, in Judaism

A rabbi offers advice about how to perform the mitzvah of visiting the sick with wisdom, discretion, and sensitivity.

Judaism and Anthropology

Jews and Judaism have influenced--and have been influenced by--modern anthropological inquiry.

Bal Tashchit: The Torah Prohibits Wasteful Destruction

Fruit trees cannot be destroyed in war, and the Jewish legal tradition takes this to be a paradigm for any act of despoliation.

All in the (Extended) Family

She took his head between her palms, bent down and planted a little kiss on the top of his head. ...

Releasing Your Burden: The Eshel Shabbaton

As we’ve explored in earlier posts by and about Orthodox Jews who are also LGBTQ (including a round-up of blogs, ...

My Culinary Journey

June Hersh is the author of The Kosher Carnivore: The Ultimate Meat and Poultry Book, available this week. She will ...

Spinoza

One of the most significant figures in the history of philosophy, Spinoza was excommunicated by the Jewish community.

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