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Pharaoh’s Courtiers

We can identify with Pharaoh's servants--and this need not make us uncomfortable.

MLK Day: My Second Birthday

Many see Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day off, but for my family, it’s a second birthday. The ...

Holocaust Remembrance: Particular or Universal?

This evening begins Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is a day set aside to remember the experience of the ...

Ushpizin: Inviting in Our Ancestors on Sukkot

The custom of inviting our ancestors to join us in the sukkah has its roots in Jewish mysticism.

Jewish Magic & the Blood Libels

Suspicion of Jewish magic was behind the medieval accusation of child murder.

Waste on Passover

I have always been a Passover hater. There aren’t that many of us, but what we lack in numbers we ...

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