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Zionism in Ukraine
How and why Ukraine was arguably the most important cradle for early Zionists.
Beliefs & Practices, Weddings & Marriage
How Does Jewish Matchmaking Work?
Finding a partner through a matchmaker (shadchan) is traditional in some Jewish communities.
Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Midrash, Study
Sifra and Sifre
Legal midrash on Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
How To Forgive Is Just as Important as When to Forgive
The Book of Micah offers a roadmap.
Jewish Ethics, Jewish Thought, Live
The Right to Privacy in Judaism
Judaism values privacy, but it's unclear how much.
Ransoming Captive Jews
An important commandment calls for the redemption of Jewish prisoners, but how far should this mitzvah be taken?
Gender & Sexuality, Keshet, Live
Series: A Letter to my Younger Self
This post is part one of a longer series of posts in which members of the Keshet community write letters to ...
Jewish History, Members of the Scribe, Study
A Book and Its Translators
It was a freezing afternoon outside Warsaw in March 2012, and I was sitting in a cramped hut listening to ...
The Evolving Name Of God
The divine name that God tells Moses at the burning bush expresses the different and evolving relationship that God has with every individual.
Gender & Sexuality, Jewish Texts
LGBTQ Interpretations of Jewish Texts
Ancient and modern readings of the Bible and Talmud suggest that several personalities may have defied gender and sexuality norms.