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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 ...
Celebrate, Rabbis Without Borders, Shabbat
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.
Israel, Mixed Multitudes, Study
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.
Israel, Jewish History, Members of the Scribe, Study, Zionism
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 ...
Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
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.