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My Favorite Wandering Jews

I grew up assuming that the Wandering Jew was a Jewish creation, our metaphor for the Diaspora. When I began ...

2013: A Year of Marriage Equality

2013 is one for the history books. The year has seen unprecedented legal victories for marriage equality. Here’s our breakdown ...

Bringing Rabbis and Scientists Together

Do Jews view science differently than other religious people do? What topics are most pressing or interesting in the Jewish community? And ...

Keeping Up With Our Digital Children: Behind the Screens

Parenting in all generations has had its’ challenges, however in today’s digital society it has created a new world of parenting ...

Today You Are a Man 

In honor of the annual observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance we are devoting space in our blog to posts about gender. Be sure ...

Sam, the Banana Man

Before there were Halliburton and Exxon-Mobil, there was United Fruit.I’ve been spending a lot of my spare time over the ...

Lashon Hara (Evil Speech)

Jewish tradition regards various types of harmful speech as a serious sin, even if it's true.

Is Lab-Grown Meat Kosher?

Cultured or cultivated meat poses a number of novel Jewish legal questions.

Bava Kamma 30

A pious ounce of prevention.

Why the Hottest Italian Restaurant in San Francisco Has Jewish Stars on the Menu

Celebrating centuries-old dishes from Italy's Jewish ghettos.

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