'Cardozo on the Parashah': The magic of the Torah’s most ambiguous book - review
Arguing that the Book of Leviticus (Vayikra), dealing mainly with the laws of sacrifices in the Tabernacle, is likely the ...
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Simple Hebrew words that are central in Judaism but often totally misunderstood
When we confess, we bang our chests on top of where our hearts are. Yet, the heart in classical Hebrew thought is not the seat of our feelings or love (‘With all my heart’) but the seat of our ...
How beautiful are illuminated ‘Megillot Esther’
During the day of Shushan Purim, I normally walk through the city of Jerusalem and stop at one of the Chabad Purim tents ...
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The Concluding Volume of The Shochet Just Released
The Second Book in the Fascinating Memoir from Touro University Press Chronicles Shtetl Life as Never Described Before ...
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7 Jewish historical treasures from YIVO’s vast collection in New York
In honor of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research’s 100th birthday, we take a deep dive into the cultural institution’s ...
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7 standout treasures from YIVO’s vast collection in New York
In 1941, a group of intellectual Jews confined to the Vilna ghetto — writers, scholars, poets and the like — were forced by the Nazis to plunder their own people’s treasured works for a Nazi ...
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Trump’s travel ban is to protect the US and Putin!
That’s they only reason possible why Trump would ban people seeking asylum from Russia. He’s Putin’s poodle alright. It’s a human rights scandal that must be exposed and resisted now. You may find ...