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Ultra-Orthodoxy and Organ Donation

After learning the results of an experiment involving a decapitated sheep, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach decided to permit organ donations.

Making My Invisible Disability More Visible this Jewish Disability Awareness & Inclusion Month

February is Black History Month, an important time to raise awareness – and February is also the month dedicated to ...

Redefining Modern Dance

New York's 92nd Street YM-YWHA helped broaden American dance to embrace multiculturalism and diversity.

Organized Crime and Kosher Food Certification

The  Toronto Star  recently reported that several firebombings of kosher restaurants in Quebec may not be the work of anti-Semites ...

Ask Not What Your Judaism Can Do For You

This past week in synagogues throughout the world we rolled the Torah scroll forward and began reading from the Book ...

What Does It Mean to Keep Kosher?

The many elements (and interpretations) of a kosher diet.

Berakhot 59

Rearranging the stars.

American Jewish Feminism: The Movement Matures

Moving beyond equal access to express women's sensibilities and experiences in Jewish life and organizations.

The Jewish Themes Behind the TV Show “Transparent”

In honor of the annual observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance we are devoting space in our blog to posts about gender. Be sure ...

Artistic Dance in Israel

Turning away from tradition and establishing its own roots.

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