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What Is the Origin of Hanukkah?
The popular holiday isn't mentioned in the Bible and is barely addressed in the Talmud.
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Southern & Jewish
We Are All In The Club
Here’s a lesson for Jewish kids I came across this December — which is a pretty good lesson for adults, ...
Pumpkin Bourekas Recipe
Bourekas de kalavasa or "pumpkin turnovers" are the perfect Sephardic dish for fall.
Where Do the Notes In the Western Wall Go?
Thousands of notes are placed in the wall each year. What happens to all that paper?
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Fast Forward through the 50
Seriously, somebody should just come out with a top-50 list of Jewish top-50 lists. This year’s Forward 50 was just ...
Celebrate, Rabbis Without Borders, Yom Kippur
Dear Friend, May You Be Written in the Book of Life
“May you be Written in the Book of Life” is such a nice phrase to utter at this time of ...
Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Study, Talmud
Seder Moed (Appointed Time)
The order of the Mishnah that describes the customs, laws, and rituals of Judaism's holy days
G*d is Everywhere… No, Really
Images of horror, most pointedly the public beheadings of two American journalists in a matter of weeks, have ensured that ...
Celebrate, Israel, Pray, Rabbis Without Borders, Study, Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur’s Circle Dance
Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...