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On Hanukkah, Women As Role Models

Two stories related to Hanukkah focus on the heroic efforts of women.

Got Leftover Brisket? Make These Delicious, Savory Blintzes

Inspired by my mother's refusal to toss out good brisket.

Camp Connections Across The South

This week, ISJL staff have been all over… and in addition to visiting Southern Jewish communities, we’ve been serving as ...

Matisyahu Is Vegan

The Hasidic singer Matisyahu {our interview with him here} recently tweeted that he’d gone vegan. The astute blog HeebNVegan, not ...

Schlemiel Jokes

Is this character a fool or just unlucky?

Hannah Arendt

A towering intellectual who theorized about the nature of totalitarianism and Nazi evil.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

When the Rosenbergs were charged with spying, American Jews feared an anti-Semitic backlash.

Heaven and Hell in Jewish Tradition

Jewish sources are conflicted about what happens after we die.

Louise Nevelson

Scavenger Par Excellence, Wandering Jewess.

Rabbinic and Post-Rabbinic Divorce

Over time the rabbis increased the wife's power in a marriage, yet maintained the absolute right of the husband to grant a divorce.

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