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Beliefs & Practices, JOFA's Torch
Mikveh Attendants Need Less Legislation and More Education
Earlier this month, Hadassah Braun Margolese wrote a blog here at The Torch describing her anguish about not being able ...
Gifts for Jewish Graduates
Some suggestions beyond the fountain pen and briefcase.
Beliefs & Practices, Israel, Live, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Shabbat at South by Southwest
Alan Jay Sufrin and Miriam Brosseau form Stereo Sinai, a self-described “biblegum pop” band based in Chicago, IL. This week, ...
Celebrate, Live, More Holidays, Tu Bishvat
Humanity’s Relationship With Nature
Lessons from the Torah
Seven Things to Read in Synagogue On the High Holidays.
Readings to enhance your synagogue experience.
Denominational Differences On Conversion
Differences between the movements grow out of more basic disagreements in philosophy and belief.
Bible, Jewish Texts, Study, Torah Commentaries
Parashat Vayeshev: Finding Light, Making Change
This Torah portion tells the story of Tamar, a woman who saw the possibility of new life where others saw only death.
Bible, Jewish Texts, Personalities of the Bible
Elisha
Successor to the prophet Elijah, he healed the sick, raised the dead, and made iron float—but he was also a prophet who made serious mistakes.
Deciding How We Fit into Jewish Day School
Earlier this week, the AVI CHAI Foundation together with the Steinhardt Foundation posed a question to the Jewish community: What ...
Celebrate, Denominations, Israel, Live, More Holidays, Rabbis Without Borders, Study, Tisha B'Av
Fasting For A Tolerant and Pluralistic Israel
#BlackLivesMatter has generated a wave of rebuke from the American Jewish establishment ever since it published its online Platform on ...