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My Son, My Hero

“Mom!” My sixteen year old son, Sage, announced excitedly to me at a Bat Mitzvah party this past weekend, a ...

Pesachim 76

He was wise to permit it.

Greetings from Constantinople

A Sephardic Jew records his impression of the city and its Jewish inhabitants in the twelfth century.

What Taylor Swift Can Teach Us About Accepting Apologies

I bought Taylor Swift’s new album on Monday night and have been listening to it on repeat since then. (Be ...

Can Daylight Savings Shed Light on Energy Poverty?

For many, the end of Daylight Savings Time is associated with an extra luxurious hour of sleep. Since modern electricity mitigates ...

13 Easy Rosh Hashanah Recipes That Still Feel Fancy

Impressive dishes with less prep, less washing up and less time in the kitchen.

Simchat Beit Hashoavah: The Water-Drawing Festival

This lively ancient Sukkot ritual included juggling and gymnastics.

Pigging Out … Or Not

So there’s this website called Pork Memoirs.Dedicated to sharing “personal stories about a complicated meat,” the site explores personal identity ...

Rock and Roll, Religion, and Leonard Cohen

With very few exceptions, the story of American popular music in the last five decades is largely a story of ...

Sanhedrin 94

That time King Hezekiah was almost the Messiah.

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