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Articles by My Jewish Learning
Kavanah, Or Intention
In the words of one sage, "Prayer without kavanah is like a body without a soul."
Conservative Judaism: How the Middle Became a Movement
The second-largest Jewish denomination in the U.S. maintains that Jewish law remains binding, but is open to adaptions that reflect modern realities.
Death and Mourning: Sources from the Babylonian Talmud
On attending to mourners, anticipating dying, accepting death, and appropriate burial rites.
The New Pittsburgh Platform (1999)
Pittsburgh Platform Reform. Reform Judaism Renewal. Contemporary Jewish Renewal and Spirituality. Jewish World Today. Contemporary Judaism. Jewish History and Community.
What Is Reconstructionist Judaism?
The smallest and youngest of the so-called "big four" American Jewish denominations.
Jewish Conceptions of God in the Middle Ages
An overview of medieval philosophic and kabbalistic approaches to God.
Modern Jewish Views of God
Modernity raised serious challenges for traditional conceptions of God.