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Jewish History, 1948 to 1980
A narrative of Jewish history between 1948 and 1980, including the foundation of the state of Israel, Jews in the USSR, and suburbanization in the United States.
Berakhot 2a: What’s on the Opening Page of the Talmud
The Talmud treats the law as a given; its agenda is to see how the different understandings of that law relate to each other.
Parashat Tetzaveh: Summary
God describes to Moses the clothing and anointing process of the priests.
Passageless Rites
While some meaningful life events go by without any ritual to mark them, too often rituals take place without the participants experiencing any significant meaning.
Jewish Emancipation in Russia
Faced with state-endorsed anti-semitism, Russian Jews attempted to make their own emancipation.
Jewish Emancipation and Enlightenment
How Enlightenment ideals in Europe created the potential for Jewish citizenship.