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Why can’t the year be braided?

I hate the High Holidays.  I know, I know.  I’m not alone.  Who actually enjoys the crowded shuls, the breakup ...

Rosh Hashanah cooking done right

As my dad would say: If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Well, Melbourne-based chef Malki ...

“I got this beard.”

This article talks about Steven Chasin, a D.C. firefighter whose take on his Jewish identity is unusual — but, from ...

Report to synagogue, midnight — sharp!

Because everybody loves a Saturday night….The night before last, all over the world, Jews began saying Selichot, the confessional prayers ...

Legalize Mezuzot!

Rep. Jerrold Nadler is asking Congress to pass a law to allow Jews to hang a mezuzah on the door ...

Lost in Translation

Yesterday in the office, I brought up a question I have had since my Bar Mitzvah, but thought I was ...

Kosher…but not

The owner of a kosher restaurant in Newton, Massachusetts suspended his kosher certification, letting his former employers know that, simply, ...

Rabbi Dov Linzer On Science & Halakha

This past Wednesday night, Rabbi Dov Linzer, the Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah spoke at NYU’s L’SHMA Lecture Series ...

News under the Hat

My newfound joy in life, as you might’ve noticed in the past few weeks, has been reading Vos Iz Neias. ...

Smoking and Jewish Law

As a new parent, I’ve become suddenly and acutely sensitive to smoking. While I used to personally detest it and ...

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