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What is Birkat Hamazon, or Benching?
All about the grace after meals.
A Megillah for Hanukkah?
The case for reviving a tradition of reading the Scroll of Antiochus.
Celebrate, Gender & Sexuality, JOFA's Torch, Live, Women & Feminism
A Soulless Figure, A Figureless Soul
My roommate came home yesterday with a story I’ve experienced myself too many times in too many different ways.She was ...
Reckoning — Not Revenge
Are there stories in the Jewish canon that shed light on how to reckon with evil without losing one's moral foundation?
A Completely Trivial and Out-of-Context Snapshot of Israeli Military Rule
The army usually declares a closure of the Palestinian territories for the holidays, meaning that all permits allowing Palestinians entrance into Israel become null and void.
The Jewish History of Baileys
As it turns out, the Irish liqueur was invented by a South African Jew.
Massacre in the Patriarch’s Tomb
The following letter to the Palestinian people shall never be sent. After at least three rewritings and endless discussions among ...
Celebrate, Eat, Jewish Recipes, The Canteen
A Passover Cooking Experience (and Recipe)
Rachel Saks has an M.S. in Education and is a Registered Dietitian. She developed and ran Healthy Living, a Camp Ramah program ...
Celebrate, Hanukkah, Rabbis Without Borders
The Nuts and Bolts of Peace with Iran
“Even if the messiah tarries, nonetheless, I believe and wait for him, but peace with Iran? Impossible.” When I asked ...
Celebrate, Divorce, JOFA's Torch, Live, Weddings & Marriage, Women & Feminism
Prime-Time Drama
This post has been translated from Hebrew to English by Bracha Jaffe.Shabbat afternoon between the afternoon and evening prayers is ...