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Non-Traditional Jewish Identities
A look at the many different ways Jews define their Judaism today.
Denominations, Jewish History, Live, Study
Conservative Judaism Today
Smaller but more committed, the movement is seeing vibrant, sometimes divisive debate as it navigates between tradition and change.
Israel, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Alan Kaufman Interview: The Radical Subversion of Zionist Art
Alan Kaufman has gone through a lot of cocoons. A beat poet who went big with his hugely-successful anthology The ...
Jewish Culture, Jewish Literature, Live
Philip Roth
A review of the Jewish satirist's long career in fiction.
Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakk
They struggled to reconcile the words of earlier prophets.
Beliefs & Practices, Science and Ecology, Study, Tzedakah
Pe’ah: The Corners of Our Fields
Rabbinic commentators interpreted the law of leaving the corners of one's field for those in need in light of their own concerns about the poor.
Birth, Brit Milah, Live, Newborn Ceremonies
A History of Brit Milah
Shifting views and philosophies about the Jewish practice of circumcising baby boys on the eighth day of life.
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish Thought, Science and Ecology, Study
Judaism and Anthropology
Jews and Judaism have influenced--and have been influenced by--modern anthropological inquiry.
Israel, Israel History, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish History, Modern Israel, Study
The Second Intifada Begins
In September 2000, a new wave of violence erupted.
Holocaust, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Some groups of Jews organized to fight the Nazis.