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Cheesin’ For a Reason!
Be it brie, mozzarella or feta, I, like just about everyone, love cheese.There are so many reasons to love cheese, ...
Gender & Sexuality, JOFA's Torch, Live
One Student’s Ordination Affects Us All
Yeshiva University’s recent decision to withhold semicha (rabbinic ordination) from one of its about-to-graduate rabbis because of his participation in ...
Celebrate, Eat, Hanukkah, Jewish Recipes, Keeping Kosher
Gluhwein (Mulled Wine)
My husband and I aren’t really the sit-on-a-beach-for-a-week types, so instead of a beach vaca for our honeymoon, we went ...
What Does Judaism Say About Wine?
Wine is an essential part of major Jewish rituals — but the Torah is also wary of the dangers of over-consumption.
Israel, Jewish History, Modern Israel, Study
The Israeli Supreme Court
The highest court in the land stands up to the government policy and second-guesses parliamentary regulations.
East Central European Cuisine
Ashkenazi cuisine with a cosmopolitan twist.
The Jewish World At My Door
I love the idea of the global nature of the Jewish world a lot. I love the reality even more. ...
Beliefs & Practices, Jewish Ethics, Jewish Thought, Tzedakah
Judaism and the Homeless
Jewish law demands that everyone have adequate and permanent housing.
A Moving Checklist
Suggestions on how to go about relocating to a new Jewish community
Rabbinic, Medieval, and Early Modern History of Healing
The evolution of attitudes towards physicians, beliefs connecting illness and sin, prayers for healing, and the use of folk healing traditions.