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Jewish Culture, Jewish Literature, Live
The Jewish Short Story Today: Marginalization, Immigration, Alie
Though neglected by the mainstream, the Jewish short story is alive and well.
Bible, Jewish Texts, Women & Feminism
The Book of Proverbs
This section of the Bible includes a feminine depiction of wisdom and the text of the "Eshet Chayil" blessing.
Beliefs & Practices, Birth, Live, Study
Brit Milah: Rabbinic Interpretations
Covenant, conversion, custom, and circumcision.
Liberating Ourselves from Narrowness
Passover teaches that is possible to free ourselves from the pressures of modern society.
Jewish Thought, Science and Ecology, Study
Urbanization and Land Use: A Biblical Model
The design of the Levites’ urban settlements featured open spaces and regional integration.
Intermarriage: Jewish Attitudes
A recent survey finds that a growing number of American Jews accept intermarriage.
American Jews, Modern Jewish History
The Revolutionary War and the Jews
While some Jews fought, others suffered at the hands of the British.
Can you have a future if you can’t escape the past?
Two recent articles had me thinking about the possibility of tshuvah today. The first was an article that appeared in ...
Antisemitism & Bigotry, Holocaust, Jewish History, Members of the Scribe, Study
Borrowed Words
I have always been fascinated by epigraphs — those borrowed words that authors choose to introduce and encapsulate the message ...
Holocaust, Jewish History, Members of the Scribe, Study
Stumbling Stones
In 1989 I accompanied my parents and brother on my mother’s first visit back to her birthplace of Freiburg im Breisgau ...