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Deciding How We Fit into Jewish Day School
Earlier this week, the AVI CHAI Foundation together with the Steinhardt Foundation posed a question to the Jewish community: What ...
Gender & Sexuality, Jewish History, Jewish Thought, Keshet, Live, Study
How to Build a Movement: A Conversation with Shelly Weiss
Given the rise of today’s growing youth-led LGBTQ movements, there seems to be a divide between where we have been ...
JOFA's Torch, Women & Feminism
Wandering Jewess
Jew. Woman. American. Those three attributes are as intrinsic to my identity as my own name. A close fourth would ...
Are Dragons Kosher?
The just-released Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals aims to do for kosher food what Barlowe’s Guide to Extraterrestrials did for ...
My Time in Jail
My name is Jason Herman and I am the rabbi at the West Side Jewish Center in Manhattan. I want ...
Celebrate, Jewish Texts, JOFA's Torch, Purim, Study
Megillah on the Run
Purim for Jews is a public riot, but in our family we celebrate Purim quietly. My brother Daniel can’t hear and our ...
Israel, Israel History, Jewish History, Study
Text of the British White Paper of 1939
Restricting Jewish immigration to Palestine.
What Does ‘Torah’ Mean?
Not just the Five Books of Moses, torah can refer to a single teaching — or all of Jewish tradition.
Bible, Jewish Texts, Study, Torah Commentaries
Parshat Vayigash: A Tale of Two Brothers
This Torah portion opens with a passionate exchange between Joseph and Judah, two brothers with distinct personalities.
How to Navigate High Holiday Morning Services
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services feature many additions that can make the services difficult to follow. Here’s a guide.