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Life After Redemption: Why Counting the Omer Is A Quintessential Jewish Experience

I also think this is but one of many different ways we can dedicate ourselves to deriving spiritual nourishment from these 49 days.

Does The Jewish Community Need A Nelson Mandela Today?

World leaders today have assembled to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela. As tributes are paid to Mandela’s towering legacy ...

Ten Hours in the Life of a Rabbi Without Borders

Twenty early morning souls relax into the padded cushions that line the basement of the Washington Center for Consciousness Studies. I ...

The Perils of Groupthink

The story of the spies offers an object lesson in the importance of diversity -- and the danger of homogeneity.

Civilized Discourse

Do the Zionist left and Zionist right really have to keep demonizing each other? (Forward)Says Rabbi Reuven Hammer “I am ...

Jonah: Success or Failure?

The story of Jonah teaches compassion by not following the prophet's example.

This Yemenite Jewish Porridge Is the Comfort Food of My Childhood

A cherished family recipe for the most comforting hot cereal with butter and honey.

Waiting Too Long to Teach about Israel

I had an all too familiar conversation with someone the other day who was talking about a community Jewish high ...

The New York Intellectuals

A particularly prolific, influential group of American-Jewish writers and editors.

Jewish Sweden

The Radical Jewish Traveler celebrates secularism at the 60th parallel.

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