For many Jews, slivovitzâthe Eastern European plum brandyâis wrapped in nostalgia, evoking memories of irascible relatives downing fiery shots over Yiddish banter, or the mysterious bottle at the back of your grandmotherâs pantry, revealed only during Passover seders. Over the years, slivovitz has become a distinctly Jewish beverage, one to ...
Illuminating the History of Iranian Jews By Diane M. Bolz Jews have lived in Persia, now Iran, for nearly three ...
Some prominent Jewish families believe they are descended from Israel's greatest monarch. Can DNA testing prove what their family trees have long shown? ...
The title, Little Failure, is of course ironic. By now, after Gary Shteyngartâs three best-selling comic novels, many travel articles and dozens of interviewsâin which he rarely gives a straight answerâhis Russian Jewish immigrant parents must have forgiven him for not becoming the lawyer or accountant they envisioned. Or have ...
An investigation into the religious roots of the symbols for hugs & kisses. ...
When I was a teenager, there was a legend repeated in the Jewish schools of my hometown. If you somehow manage to get into godless Harvard, donât go. But if, against your rosh yeshiva and rebbeâs advice, you actually go, whatever you do, donât take biblical scholar James Kugelâs class. ...
INDEPENDENT Judaism does not restrict a woman in regard to her choices concerning pregnancy. She has a choice to bear
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Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Fiction // July was Revaâs month to fall apart. She slept through the alarm and ignored her husbandâs attempts to rouse her. She showered sporadically. She added bourbon to her morning coffee. She stopped answering email, her cell phone, the door. She arrived late to the summer ...
By Amy E. Schwartz An American offshoot of the Qatari network makes some watchdogs nervous. Media observers buzzed with consternation
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By Tamara Cofman Wittes The United States needs to accept that the days of one-man rule are gone forever. Three years
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By Marshall Breger How can the Palestinians recognize a Jewish state if Israelis donât know what that means? In 1958,
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By Sarah Posner The time has passed when one person can speak for the entire community. When Abraham Foxman, the
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