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Approaching “Niddah” with Radical Openness

I am learning the laws of niddah, laws that relate to menstruation and sexuality, with a group of women. It has ...

Rosh Hashanah Haftarah: Nehemiah 7:72-:83, 9-11

This alternative Haftarah for Rosh Hashanah used in Reform Judaism describes a Tishrei observance

Latke-Crusted Chicken Breasts

A few years ago my dear friend and fellow food-enthusiast Rachel traveled to the Czech Republic to explore her father’s ...

Queer-Identified, Frum-Identified Jew in a Complicated Relationship with Orthodoxy

This morning The Torch,  a project of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, shared the heartwarming story of a family adjusting to ...

Impurim

San Francisco, for all that city’s rent chaos and interweb madness, still has one of the most productive, experimental, and ...

Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakk

They struggled to reconcile the words of earlier prophets.

Bourbon Pecan and Chocolate Gelt Pie

Wondering what to do with all your leftover gelt after making the DIY Thanksgivukkah table runner? I’ve got the perfect ...

Protestors Get Smart–And Mean

We haven’t written much about it on this blog, but in the past year in Israel there have been a ...

Miketz

Genesis 41:1-44:17

Jewish Food Tourney: # 8 Brisket vs #9 Sufganiyot

We had our first upset yesterday. #10 Gefilte Fish beat #7 Hamentashen. I was so excited I had trouble falling ...

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