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Celebrate, Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
Free Love and Communal Shabbat Dinners
When I lived in San Francisco, I didn’t have much going on in the way of hospitality — mainly because ...
Remembrance of Kvetches Past
Remembering how we've suffered in the past helps us cultivate gratitude for the blessings we have right now.
Coming Down to Earth
Instead of looking up to the heavens for holiness, what if instead we looked to the earth beneath our feet?
The Best Jewish Food at Aldi
From well-priced lox to Hanukkah gelt, this budget-friendly grocery store has you covered.
Celebrate, Passover, Rabbis Without Borders
Tzom Bechorot: Why I’m Fasting Before Passover
April 3, 2015, is Tzom Bechorot, Fast of the Firstborn when first-born Jews fast before the first seder of Passover. This day also ...
Turning Our Attention Outward
This commentary is provided by special arrangement with American Jewish World Service. To learn more, visit www.ajws.org.At one level, the three ...
Jewish History, Mixed Multitudes, Study
The Best Thing I Read This Pesach
If you don’t have enough to do this Passover, let us help — you can read some erotic poetry, learn about ...
Celebrate, Shavuot, Southern & Jewish
OM(er)G: What’s With the Beards?
There’s been some pretty intense facial hair around the ISJL office lately. If you stopped by in May, you might ...
Celebrate, High Holidays, Pray, Prayer Musings, Yom Kippur
Kol Nidrei: The Power of Words
Why does the holiest day of the Jewish year begin with a dry legal formula renouncing vows?
Loving the Stranger
It's the most frequently repeated commandment in the Torah, but what does it actually require?