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Beliefs & Practices, Celebrate
Do Jews Celebrate Birthdays?
While Jewish tradition does not make a big deal of birthdays, there is no problem with celebrating them.
Beliefs & Practices, Israel, Live, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Evangelical Tractate Bonanza, or, My Christian-Take-on-Jewish-Holidays Learning
Secret disclosure #481516: I like to collect evangelical Christian tractates.Since I’ve become a parent and gotten a regular gig — ...
Israel, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Behind Farm 54: The Making of the Story “Spanish Perfume”
On Monday, Galit and Gilad Seliktar shared the making of the first story in Farm 54, “The Substitute Lifeguard.” Today, they ...
Call It Sleep
A novel by Henry Roth.
Bible, Jewish Texts, Personalities of the Bible, Yom Kippur
Jonah: The Apathetic Prophet
The real message of the story we read on Yom Kippur isn't about the power of repentance, but about taking responsibility for others.
Vegetarianism and Kashrut
Moral and theological implications of vegetarianism can be seen as a challenge to the rabbinic tradition.
Fake Jew Arrested by FBI
UPDATE: It turns out this story has some major falsehoods attached to it. The FBI has since denied any involvement ...