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Jewish Socialism in the United States, 1880-1920
The birth and growth of American Jewish socialism.
Celebrate, Live, More Holidays, Tu Bishvat
Every Person is a Tree
The Biblical law protecting fruit trees during war provides an opportunity for Jewish exegetes to reflect on ecology and the wanton destruction of life.
Nine Jewish Blessings for Extraordinary Moments
Most Jewish prayers are recited at regular intervals or on specific occasions, but a few are said in circumstances that are anything but routine.
Modern Israel, Women & Feminism
Mizrahi Feminism in Israel
Mizrahi feminism is often described as an intersectional feminism that focuses mainly on the struggle against gender and ethnic oppression.
Future of Jewish Humor
Can Jewish-American humor survive the assimilationist 21st century?
What’s Jewish About “The Simpsons”?
Jews & Judaism pervade this classic animated sitcom and its fictional town of Springfield.
Jewish Culture, Jewish Literature
Jewish-American Fiction in the 21st Century
Vibrancy and diversity mark the new crop of novelists and story writers.
Jewish Culture, Jewish Film, Live
Woody Allen
Love him or despise him, Woody Allen is an American-Jewish filmmaking legend.
The Rabbinic Conversion Ceremony
The different layers of the rabbinic discussion of conversion reveal the beginnings of a transformation from a citizenship ritual to a theological initiation rite.
Jewish History, Modern Jewish History, Study
A Failed Peddler
An immigrant's memoir of trying to jump on the Jewish-peddler bandwagon