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From Secular Jew to Talmud Scholar Part I: How I Came to Study Talmud

Readers often ask: How did a girl raised in a secular socialist family in Los Angeles come to be a ...

How to Be the Jewish Daughter of a Cancer Patient

Today is World Cancer Day, a day when people worldwide are focused on cancer, to encourage its prevention, detection, and ...

Fast Days for Repentance & Atonement

The Jewish calendar has a number of such days in addition to Yom Kippur.

It’s Not Just for Feminists Anymore

It’s not easy being a feminist.We are the butts of jokes, the objects of stereotypes, and the recipients of sometimes ...

Inner Beauty, Outward Beauty, and Health

Judaism recognizes the primacy of an inner beauty, but we are nonetheless called upon to care for our bodies and not discouraged from tending to our appearance.

Why Parents Are the Only Loved Ones Traditionally Mourned a Full Year

Rites for mothers and fathers are more demanding than those for other relatives, even siblings, spouses and children.

Ask the Expert: Post-Mortem Bris

Do we circumcise a baby who died before he was eight days old?

Gittin 14

Panic at the market.

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