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Rufina and Her Sisters

Jewish women in the Diaspora.

The Shiur Komah: Imaging the Divine

A text's physical description of God might actually have been intended to emphasize God's indescribability.

What Is Chabad?

This once small Hasidic group has grown to unparalleled global influence.

Heaven and Hell in Jewish Tradition

Jewish sources are conflicted about what happens after we die.

Jewish-Christian Relations Today

Though Jews and Christians have had a complicated and tense relationship, relations today are better than ever.

Spinoza and the Philosophical Impossibility of a Chosen People

Jewish chosenness is not a metaphysical reality. It derives from the conditions of a particularly prosperous period in Israelite history.

The Contemporary Jewish Healing Movement

Jewish "healing" is more about providing communal support than about curing the sick.

Jews & Non-Jews 101

While Jewish parlance often seems to divide the world into two groups--Jews and non-Jews--in Jewish tradition, not all gentiles are viewed in the same light.

Conditional Divorce

The husband may grant a conditional divorce if he expects to be in mortal danger.

History & Development of Divorce

History of Jewish divorce, Biblical, Talmudic, and modern

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