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The Best Jewish Food in Los Angeles

Pastrami, Persian cuisine, and just about everything delicious in between.

Jewish Indian Cuisine

India's three Jewish communities have unique histories and unique cuisines.

Tehines: Women’s Prayers

Not part of the fixed liturgy, women used these prayers to commemorate special holidays and special times in their lives.

Medieval Jewish Philosophers on the Reasons for the Mitzvot

Jewish philosophers since ancient times have explained the system of mitzvot, and individual commandments, in terms that made sense to their contemporaries.

Jewish Painters

With the Enlightenment, Jewish painters experienced unprecedented opportunity.

Some Messages Are Hard To Deliver

The severity of the war against the Midianites should motivate us to examine our own behavior and root out our own forms of idolatry.

Leonard Bernstein: Jewish America’s Favorite (Musical) Son

A celebrated American composer, conductor, teacher, and pianist who infused his work with his Jewish heritage

Fighting To Be Invisible

I often wonder what my life would look like were I a few years younger. Given how quickly the world ...

Eating Disorders in the Jewish Community

Anorexia and bulimia are amongst the most emotionally and physically devastating disorders affecting young Jewish women.

Jews & Globalization

Jews (not surprisingly) fall on different sides of the issue, but Jews and Israel have also been the target of anti-globalization anger.

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