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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.

Parashat Shoftim: Building a Just Society

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

A Vegetarian Shankbone

How the beet ended up on the seder plate

Ladino Literature

Literature in Judeo-Spanish, the language of Sephardic Jews

Mechitzah: Separate Seating in the Synagogue

A curtain or other divider separates men and women while they pray in some synagogues.

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.

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