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The Ketubah Text

The traditional Aramaic text of the ketubah (marriage contract) reflects the history of Jewish marriage.

Jewish Text Study Is Traditionally A Communal Activity

Reading Jewish texts is not just a religious act, it is an act of communal identification and communication.

Tenth of Tevet

This fast commemorates the beginning of the end of the First Temple.

How to Make Dabo, the Festive Ethiopian Jewish Bread

A slightly sweet, crumbly bread traditional for Sigd and Shabbat.

Sabra Returns to Marvel Comics

If you don’t know about my obsession with Sabra, the Jewish superhero, then just Google around — I’m kind of ...

Purim Queen

Holiday songs, pop style

What Death Should Teach Us About Life and Living

Death is not a counterpoint or contradiction to life, but a profound teacher about the meaning of human existence.

Memory, Scent, and My Mother

Earlier this week, Molly Birnbaum wrote about her first writing teacher and the scent of Passover. She has been blogging all week ...

Indonesian Culinary and Cultural Inspiration for Rosh Hashana

A childhood in Java inspires home cook to feed Jewish community in Singapore

Jewish Time

The emergence of Jewish history--part one.

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