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Shabbat as Social Reform
Rabbis and Jews argued for a five-day work week in order to be able to observe Shabbat.
Eat, Jewish Thought, Rabbis Without Borders, Science and Ecology, Study
“The State of the Union is …”
Every January I reflect on the lessons of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his good friend Dr. Martin Luther King, ...
Different Jokes for Different Folks
On Monday, Melissa Fay Greene shared the story behind the adoption of her daughter, Helen, from Ethiopia. She has been ...
Appetizers, Eat, Jewish Recipes
The Beloved Potato Salad from My Russian Jewish Childhood
A delicious tradition that lives on.
Celebrate, Rabbis Without Borders, Sukkot
Can We Be Commanded to Be Happy?
Tonight begins the 8-day festival of Sukkot (7 days in Israel and in the American Reform movement). One of the ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Delicious
Earlier this week Stacey Ballis wrote about Rosh Hashanah cooking and fasting on Yom Kippur for the JBC/MJL Author Blog. ...
The Jews Behind Brooklyn’s Most Ugly-Delicious Fruit
The Spitz Family carved out a niche that, for years, was theirs alone: Small batches of the best quality fruit.
Stubbornness And Chance
Two interpretations of a word illustrate different understandings of punishments listed in Parashat Bechukotai.
Celebrating Aging
The author shares the process of using Jewish texts and customs to celebrate a new stage of life.