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B-Sides with Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder, author of the forthcoming When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother (February 6th), is guest-blogging all ...
Beliefs & Practices, Pray, Prayer Services
How to Have an Aliyah
What you should know before you're called to the Torah.
The Jewish Funeral, or Levaya
A Jewish funeral is held as quickly as possible after death and usually includes readings, a eulogy, and a special memorial prayer.
Conversion, Interfaith, Keeping Kosher, Newborn Ceremonies, Relationships
How to Negotiate Jewish Differences
9 tips to help your family get along, even if members observe Judaism differently.
Celebrate, Gender & Sexuality, Keshet, Live, Pray, Yom Kippur
Learning to Return to Myself
I remember Yom Kippur when I was 13. I was in synagogue, proudly wearing the tallit I had been given ...
Tenth of Tevet
This fast commemorates the beginning of the end of the First Temple.
Who Are the Jews of Australia?
The first Jews arrived in Sydney in 1788 and have been joined by successive waves of Jewish immigrants ever since.
On Passover Night, Let’s Relinquish Our Fear
The talmudic sage Rabbi Eliezer teaches that the eve of Passover is a night when we are guarded by God and protected from all evil.
Israel, Israel History, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish History, Modern Israel, Study
The Second Intifada Begins
In September 2000, a new wave of violence erupted.
Convertibles in the Snow
Jennifer Traig, author of Well Enough Alone, is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.This New Year ...