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Autumn in His Heart

I’ve thought a lot about Isaac Babel’s lovely characterization of the Jew as a man with “[s]pectacles on his nose and ...

My First Week in the Southern & Jewish World

The only Jewish person I knew of growing up was Jesus, and to be honest I had never thought much ...

The Stranger’s Notebook

Michael David Lukas will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning’s Author Blog. His first book, The ...

Kichels Recipe: Jewish Bow Tie Cookies

An old-world treat of fried dough topped with powdered sugar.

Gleanings: The Moon And Rosh Chodesh

Jewish texts about the moon and Rosh Chodesh.

Miscarriage

A ritual in recognition of the author's miscarriage emerged from a year of studying about the infertile Hannah, who eventually had a child.

Ancient Yom Kippur Observances

How the Day of Atonement was marked before the destruction of the Second Temple.

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