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Speaking Backwards

I’ve been told that students in my college courses sometimes have trouble following what I’m saying because I speak backwards. ...

Jewish Custom (Minhag) Versus Law (Halacha)

Though often widely practiced, customs are not considered mandatory by traditional Jews.

Three Funerals and a Wedding

“Our life is a walk in the night, we know not how great the distance to the dawn that awaits ...

Going Back Isn’t an Option

It seems that we have entered a new era. Taking in the news, it seems to be an open season ...

Jewish storytelling: not just at the kitchen table, but about the kitchen table

I was recently sharing my excitement about Bill Bryson’s latest book, At Home , during a Friday night sermon.  The ...

From Secular Jew to Talmud Scholar Part I: How I Came to Study Talmud

Readers often ask: How did a girl raised in a secular socialist family in Los Angeles come to be a ...

Pesachim 51

When in Babylonia...

Jewish Foodie News

It’s a new year and there’s plenty going on in the world of Jewish and kosher food. Here in New ...

Jewish Marriage

Jewish marriage is not merely a secular legal partnership, but a union sanctified by God.

Even the Secular New Year Calls for Teshuvah

Closing 2017 and closing the Book of Genesis.

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