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My First Week in the Southern & Jewish World
The only Jewish person I knew of growing up was Jesus, and to be honest I had never thought much ...
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
The Stranger’s Notebook
Michael David Lukas will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book Council and MyJewishLearning’s Author Blog. His first book, The ...
Unraveling the Mystery of Jewish Food
On Monday, June Hersh gave a recipe for Moroccan lamb shanks. She is the author of The Kosher Carnivore: The ...
Celebrate, Israel, Jerusalem Day, More Holidays
The Jewish Connection to Jerusalem
Remembering Jerusalem permeates Jewish belief, thought, and practice in profound and powerful ways.
Beliefs & Practices, Clothing & Appearance, Jewish&, Study
From Monsey to Istanbul
Whenever I visit somewhere new, whether in my country of origin or somewhere foreign, I typically stand on the periphery ...
Job in the Synagogue
How the Book of Job made its way into Jewish prayer and ritual.
Celebrate, Members of the Scribe, Sukkot, Yiddish
Autumn in His Heart
I’ve thought a lot about Isaac Babel’s lovely characterization of the Jew as a man with “[s]pectacles on his nose and ...