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Ask the Expert: Egg Donors
Must the donor be Jewish for the child to be recognized as Jewish?
Best of the Rest
There are only so many articles a website can put up in a week on their homepage. Plus, who can ...
Bible, Jewish Texts, Study, Torah Commentaries
Parashat Vayishlach: Honoring the Best of Jacob
This Torah portion interperses multiple momentous encounters with the divine realm with a series of fraught incidents between humans.
Bible, Personalities of the Bible
Who Was Job’s Wife?
Job’s wife has no name and only a single line in his story, and yet I find her unforgettable — ...
Celebrate, Denominations, Gender & Sexuality, JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
The Widening Scope of Gender Expression and Traditional Judaism
Orthodox feminism’s struggle for women’s leadership and ritual inclusion set a strong precedent for the recent consideration of the issues ...
Antisemitism & Bigotry, Disability, Jewish Law, Jewish Texts, Keshet, Study, Talmud
Take a Stand: Don’t Let Religion Become a Weapon
In Pirkei Avot 2:10 we are taught that Rabbi Eliezer said, יהי כבוד חברך חביב עליך כשלך “Let your neighbor’s dignity be precious ...
Digging the Bible
Since 2006, Slate editor Daivd Plotz has been “blogging the Bible.” Unsettled by reading the story of the rape of ...
Ancient/Medieval Jewish History, Jewish History, Live, Study, Weddings & Marriage
Ancient Jewish Marriage
Marriage in ancient times was a negotiated match involving an agreement on conditions and payment of a bridal price.