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Martyrdom in Judaism

The notion of what constitutes a Jewish martyr has changed significantly since ancient times.

Secular No More

A true story of an Ultra-Orthodox Jew in Israel who left Ultra-Orthodoxy for a secular Israeli Lifestyle.

Polygamy in Judaism

Once a tolerated and regulated practice, polygamy is virtually unheard of in Jewish life today.

Kohane of Newark: The Interview

Ricky Orbach is a singer, poet, music producer, and patron of the arts — but, really, it’s more accurate to ...

The Joint

Earlier this week, Leslie Maitland wrote about choosing an epigraph, the artist Gunter Demnig’s Stolpersteineproject, and reconnecting branches of her family ...

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. ...

Poem as a Noisy Mediterranean Duplex

About a decade ago I read a Billy Collins poem called “Advice to Writers,” where this former U.S. Poet Laureate ...

The Best Jewish Food in Chicago

Old school delis, an expanding Israeli restaurant scene, and the best kosher sausage too.

Kislev & Hanukkah

The connections between the month and the holiday.

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