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God’s Gender: A Traditionalist View

If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.

Setting a Date for Yom Hashoah

After much debate, a compromise date--satisfactory to none--is chosen.

Seder Zeraim (Agriculture)

Some of the mishnaic laws related to agriculture remain directly relevant for contemporary urban and suburban lives.

Zionism And First Fruits

The speech that farmers recited when bringing their first fruits to the Temple articulates the Zionist message.

Yizkor: The Unending Conversation

Yizkor is part of an ongoing conversation with the dead, but what we don't realize is that we constantly converse with the dead in daily life.

The Seven Genders in the Talmud

Judaism has recognized nonbinary persons for millennia.

Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17: Tithing, Sabbaticals and Pilgrimage

A connection between Sukkot and this "eighth day of assembly."

Who Was Shabbetai Zevi?

The kabbalistic false messiah gained a mass following in the 17th century — until he converted to Islam.

One Solution: A Pluralistic Outreach-Inreach Program

The author proposes that only an active program that combines inreach to "faithless" Jews and outreach to unchurched spiritual seekers can revitalize the Jewish community.

7 LGBTQ+ Jews of Color You Should Know

These talented people represent an array of Jewish experience and racial/ethnic identity.

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