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Judaism recognizes the primacy of an inner beauty, but we are nonetheless called upon to care for our bodies and not discouraged from tending to our appearance.

This major 20th-century Jewish thinker saw vegetarianism as the biblical ideal to which humankind should work to return.

Despite some legal and ethical concerns, single women should not be prohibited from becoming pregnant with donor sperm.

The major codes of Jewish law forbid actions that hasten death, but some allow the removal of impediments to death.

The Karaites, biblical fundamentalists, challenged the authority of rabbinic Judaism.

The history of Kabbalah in Medieval Spain.

Agriculture plays a huge role in Israel's society.

An unequal partnership?

Behind these biblical practices is a vision of how politics, economics, and relations to the environment should be structured that makes manifest spiritual concerns as well.

Jewish texts on social justice describe the tension between providing what is needed and providing what is affordable.

Making decisions about tzedakah in the context of a group can be a powerful force in both deepening our spiritual lives and building community.

In Israel, even the musical is political.