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What It Was Like To Grow Up Multiracial and Orthodox in a Hasidic Enclave

They were older than me, by at least five years, and I was afraid. Though my Satmar Hasidic neighbors were ...

The Activism of Abraham

The lives of Abraham and Job provide us with two models for confronting poverty.

The Covenant of Total Being

Does Jewish suffering threaten commitment to God's covenant?

Woody Allen

Love him or despise him, Woody Allen is an American-Jewish filmmaking legend.

Queen Esther: Destiny’s Child

The Purim story is a reminder of our essential power for human agency.

Baseless Love

How Tu B’Av, the “Jewish Valentine’s Day,” can prepare us for Yom Kippur.

Lighting Shabbat Candles

Everything you need to know about kindling the Sabbath lights.

Sholem Aleichem

One of the most beloved writers of Yiddish literature, his work inspired the hit musical "Fiddler on the Roof."

Bal Tashchit: The Torah Prohibits Wasteful Destruction

Fruit trees cannot be destroyed in war, and the Jewish legal tradition takes this to be a paradigm for any act of despoliation.

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