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Ten Hours in the Life of a Rabbi Without Borders

Twenty early morning souls relax into the padded cushions that line the basement of the Washington Center for Consciousness Studies. I ...

Hillel House, University of Chicago

In her last post, Abby Sher, author of Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn’t Stop Praying (Among ...

What Does the Rabbinical Council of America Think of Women?

When I first moved to San Francisco, there was a huge outcry in the Orthodox community — a positive outcry, ...

Is Patrilineal Descent Next?

A very interesting letter to the editor in this week’s Jewish Week raises a fascinating question: With gay and lesbian ...

Balaam and Balak

The curse that did not happen.

When Herzl Planted a Tree

A well-known story that weaves together Tu Bishvat, tree-planting and the rebuilding of Israel

Bava Batra 149

Stealing from the son of a convert.

The Reprieve

Were you aware that every year, erev Thanksgiving, a turkey is sent to the White House for the president to ...

Why We Need to Change the Yom Hashoah Narrative

Up until relatively recently, Yom Hashoah was a day of atrocity and victimization at the hands of history.

Ask the Ethicist: Can I Read My Husband’s Texts?

I don't have reason to think he's cheating, but I'm the nervous type.

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