Evergreen

Kashrut Themes and Theology

Jewish dietary laws, the origins of which are in biblical law, have a variety of explanations within the Bible itself, and those explanations have themselves been the subject of multiple interpretations.

Kashrut 101

Jewish dietary laws are observed in varying degrees among Jewish families and individuals.

How To Make Your Own Gragger

Instructions for constructing a Purim noisemaker

Remembering Amalek

A serious lesson that focuses on fighting evil precedes the Purim fesitivites.

The Purim Meal (Seudah)

Eat, drink, and be merry is not without controversy.

Jews in Exile

The Purim story is a guideline for living in the Diaspora.

Jewish Time

The emergence of Jewish history--part one.

Jewish Historiography

The emergence of Jewish history--part two.

The Sephardic Exodus to the Ottoman Empire

How Jews fleeing Spain and Portugal transformed the region.

Interpretive Independence

The Torah expects us to be our own autonomous interpreters of divine will, turning to Jewish legal experts only when we reach our limits of understanding.

Advertisement