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Shiva: What You Need to Know

Questions and answers about traditions for the seven-day Jewish mourning period.

Meet the Fish Detective Who Can Decode Your Gefilte Fish Heritage

Wulf’s Fish expert has a unique talent, and the goods to make it happen.

Fasting and Asceticism

What is prohibited on Yom Kippur?

Similar Jewish Words You Don’t Want to Mix Up

From kibbitz/kibbutz to mitzvah/mikveh, we round up some easily confused Hebrew and Yiddish terms.

How We Benefit By Forgiving Others

Judaism teaches that there are personal, societal and spiritual benefits to forgiving those who have hurt us.

Bet You Can’t Eat Just One!

Potato chips can be absolutely addicting. The marketing of processed foods in America has brilliantly caught us in our weakness ...

Netflix Star Phil Rosenthal Finds Jewish Food Everywhere He Goes

Laughter was Rosenthal's family currency, but now he is passing on Jewish food to his own kids.

The Cry of the Mother Whose Son We Have Killed in Battle

The rabbis of the Talmud have taught that the shofar must be blown with a particular intention: to sound like ...

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