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Ask the Expert: Shabbat in the Land of the Midnight Sun

How can I tell when Shabbat starts if it never gets dark?

Dreaming the World into Being

Jewish tradition suggests that dreams awaken the imaginative faculty without which prophecy is impossible.

The Tangled History of Noodle Kugel

From sweet to spicy, a love of lockshen kugel unites the Jews.

Avoiding Deification in Creating the Mishkan

If the Golden Calf was an abomination, why is the Tabernacle okay?

Who Was Solomon Schechter?

The namesake for the Conservative day school network was a key scholar who became president of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

Defining Hanukkah: Assimilation

Acculturation versus assimilation, a question for Jews then as now.

A Jew in a Plexiglas Box

A Jew on display in a Plexiglas box, in Germany of all places, stands as a flagrant provocation. But there ...

Be The Wilderness

With uncertainty comes unparalleled potential for expanding our horizons.

The Power of Language

How Noah and the Tower of Babel both revolve around the use and misuse of language.

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