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Traditional Sources on Sex Outside Marriage

While the Torah does not forbid premarital sex, the rabbis of the talmudic era prohibited it--but one modern authority proposed a sanctioned form of exclusive sexual relationship outside of marriage.

Mizrahi Jews in Israel

Jews from Arab lands are gaining more and more influence in Israeli society.

American Synagogue Sisterhoods

Jewish women serving congregation, denomination, American and world Jewry

Ashkenazi Jews Embrace Sephardic Fare

Now that the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet are being realized, American Jewry is embracing Sephardic cooking.

A Real-Life Purim Superhero: An Interview with Elisabeth Kushner

The world’s first LGBT inclusive Jewish children’s book in English has arrived! Published by Kar-Ben Publishing, an award-winning publisher of ...

Havinenu: A Shortened Version of the Amidah

When and why Jews say an abbreviated Amidah. Full text and translation of Havinenu included.

Reshaping Jewish Memory

In the Torah, women are absent at the covenantal moment; to make up for this, Jewish history must be reconstructed.

Monotheism

Scholars debate whether the Israelites recognized only one God or worshipped only one God.

Chagigah 14

Four who enter pardes.

The Book of Judges

The cycle of sinning and redemption.

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