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The Origin of the Shehechiyanu Blessing
The Shehechiyanu is a blessing that expresses gratitude for new, or special, experiences.
Dvar Torah: Live, Tonight, On Stage
Tonight I’m giving a dvar torah, and I’m nervous. So I set my Twitter status to say exactly that. My ...
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Look Mom, I’m on Saudi TV
Ari Alexander is guest blogging (via Blackberry) from the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid, organized by the Muslim World ...
A Map Of Pluralism
The arrangement of the Israelites around the Tabernacle, as individuals and as a community, provides us with a model for pluralism.
Denominations, Israel, Live, Members of the Scribe, Study
Follow the Talmud or a Jewish Sharia?
No American Jew could have experienced a more inspiring introduction to Israel that I did upon arriving in darkness aboard ...
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Jewish Texts, Rabbis Without Borders, Study, Talmud
Should Hanukkah Be The Jewish Christmas?
As the calendar flips to December, nightfall comes ever earlier, and many of us don our winter coats for the ...
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish History, Study
The Karaites: A Medieval Jewish Sect
The Karaites, biblical fundamentalists, challenged the authority of rabbinic Judaism.