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This week our homepage features articles about what makes meat kosher. But lately, the focus has been on what makes ...
Leviticus Update
I haven’t seen the Colbert Report in a while. That is a mistake on my part. Shabbat Shalom:
Studying Tikkun Olam
From our friends at Jspot.org: Just in time for Shavuot, Jewish Funds for Justice has released a study guide on ...
Body and Dress
Judy Oppenheimer says: Keep that big Jewish Nose! (Forward)World Health Organization estimates 35-40% of Israeli girls 11-16 suffer from an ...
LGBT Issues
Tomer Kamerling argues that gay pride parades no longer do anything to advance rights of homosexuals in Israel and hence ...
Hello Again.
Dear Conservative Movement, It’s been a few months since I’ve had to write you a nasty letter, and I was ...
Blogging Avot: Shut Up, Please
Judaism may be a religion of action (mitzvot), but speech — words — are, perhaps, considered equally powerful. In the ...
Make Your Own Mitzvot
“There are 613 mitzvot (commandments from God) that all Jews are supposed to follow. Some of them are easy to ...
Observing Shabbat
A new water tower will allow the Israeli, haredi town of Modi’in Illit to have “completely shomer Shabbos waterâ€?; inhabitants ...
Where’s the Beef?
Much as been written about the ongoing crisis at the AgriProcessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa and the repercussions. JTA ...