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Rye Bread Is My Secret to a Happy Marriage
And taught me so much about my Jewish roots.
Beliefs & Practices, Study, Tzedakah
Investigating the Individuals to Whom We Contribute
A contemporary Conservative rabbi reviews the Jewish legal literature for guidance on how much to ask about a person who solicits us for tzedakah--or whether to give to all who request our help.
Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Midrash, Study
Methods of Midrash
How this genre gleans deep meaning from the Torah's text
Terminating a Pregnancy
The author adapts biblical texts to create a ritual that expresses the anguish of terminating a pregnancy
God’s Gender: A Traditionalist View
If we reject male God language, we lose a powerful metaphor: the husband-wife relationship between God and the Jews.
The Changing Face of the Rabbinate
Exclusively the territory of young men for so long, rabbinical schools today in the non-Orthodox movements are welcoming women and gay students.
Moving Jewish
How to make a home for yourself in a new Jewish community
Jewish Culture, Jewish Literature, Yiddish
Isaac Bashevis Singer: Criticism
Not everyone admired Singer's fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
One Voice Speaks for Six Million
The uses and abuses of Anne Frank's diary.