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Living an Environmentally Conscious Jewish Life
The Jewish spiritual tradition offers ways to think and act in harmony with nature and for the benefit of the environment.
Yiddish Revival
Once considered the language of an older generation, Yiddish is now being embraced by hip twenty- and thirty-somethings.
Investigating Tzedakah Requests: A Talmudic Inquiry
Do we respond immediately to a claim of dire need, or perform
Contemporary Environmental Concerns
Contemporary Concerns on Nature and the Environment. Jewish Nature. Jewish Environment.
Themes & Theology of Nature & the Environment
Themes and Theology of Nature and the Environment in Jewish Culture. Jewish Nature and the Environment.
Objecting to Conscientious Objection
According to at least one scholar, Jewish tradition does not recognize the right of personal conscientious objection.
The Gentle Heart in Israel Today
Extending a biblical exemption from military service to Israeli refuseniks.
Jews and “The Church”
Scholar Norman Roth questions whether the idea of the medieval Church makes sense as a category of analysis for Jewish history.
To What is God Similar?
Rabbinic parables explicitly compare God to a variety of human analogues, reflecting the rabbis' subtle, complex, and diverse images of God.