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After the Wedding Ceremony

After the wedding, bride and groom retreat to a seclusion room, rejoin their guests for a festive meal, and then celebrate with friends and family for the next seven days.

Greetings from Baghdad

A Sephardic Jew records his impressions of the city and its Jewish leadership in the 12th century.

Redemption Comes at Sinai

Passover and Shavuot are part of one spiritual journey.

The Double Purpose of Yom Kippur

We must be cleansed from the polluting effects of sin.

Brisket-Stuffed Cabbage

Like many other traditional Ashkenazi Jewish foods I didn’t really grow up eating stuffed cabbage. Italian meatballs and sauce on ...

What We Are Not Asking When We Talk About Intermarriage

Monday in the JTA, Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom published an op-ed in which he argued that it was time that Conservative rabbis officiate ...

How Jacob Defied Destiny

Jacob and Rebecca teach us that we can alter our fates and achieve greatness.

These Are The Names: Where Is Yours?

By listing the names of Jacob's family members who went into Egypt the Torah reminds us of the number of people who affect our lives.

The Way of the Gentiles

The prohibition against non-Jewish practices, might relate to the practices of ancient Egypt, Canaan or the social and philosophical ways of non-Jews today.

Interview (and a free JDub album!) with Wailing Wall

Today, JDub Records releases their first-ever free debut album — Wailing Wall’s debut record, Hospital Blossoms. Follow that link to ...

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