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B-Sides with Melissa Broder

Melissa Broder, author of the forthcoming When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother (February 6th), is guest-blogging all ...

Alas Poor Marius, I Knew Him…

Last week, the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark killed a healthy two year-old giraffe named Marius. Zoo staff dissected Marius’s body ...

Challah with a Chinese Twist

There’s a not-so-funny joke that goes, “A man walks into a Chinese restaurant and says to the waiter, ‘Excuse me ...

The 8 Jewish Persian Dishes You Need to Try

From herbaceous kuku sabzi to comforting gondi, you'll love every one!

Kabbalah & Jewish Prayer

By adding new hymns, prayers, and meditations, medieval Jewish mystics reframed Jewish worship in their own esoteric terms.

5 Jewish Food Trends to Watch in 2025

From chopped liver to honey year-round, 2025 is going to be delicious.

A Refugee Returns to Laos as a Jew

Jews come together for a historic Shabbat gathering in Laos.

The Benefits of Fasting on Yom Kippur

Don't believe in God? Reward and punishment? The obligations of Jewish law? Here's why you might want to fast anyway.

What’s Truly Precious

The Israelite women who contributed to the tabernacle recognized the deeper gift God had given in the lengthy, exacting instructions for its construction.

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