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Beliefs & Practices, End of Life, Health & Wellness, Live, Mourn, Mourning Rituals, Study
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 ...
Rabbis Without Borders, Sages & Scholars
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.
Jewish History, Jewish Thought, Study
American Jewish Feminism: The Movement Matures
Moving beyond equal access to express women's sensibilities and experiences in Jewish life and organizations.
Gender & Sexuality, Keshet, Live
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 ...
Israel, Jewish Culture, Jewish Theater and Dance, Study
Artistic Dance in Israel
Turning away from tradition and establishing its own roots.