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The Jewish Short Story Today: Marginalization, Immigration, Alie

Though neglected by the mainstream, the Jewish short story is alive and well.

The Book of Proverbs

This section of the Bible includes a feminine depiction of wisdom and the text of the "Eshet Chayil" blessing.

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.

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.

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 ...

Borrowed Words

I have always been fascinated by epigraphs — those borrowed words that authors choose to introduce and encapsulate the message ...

Stumbling Stones

In 1989 I accompanied my parents and brother on my mother’s first visit back to her birthplace of Freiburg im Breisgau ...

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