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14 Dec

Bridging the Gender Gap in Prayer – Sort Of

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Lily Hoffman Simon The patriarchal tradition of Orthodox Judaism is being challenged all over the world. The recent controversy surrounding the ordainment of Sara Hurwitz...

13 Dec

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Who's Afraid of Nixon's Anti-Semitism?

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Steven Philp As governments process the information illicitly made public by Wikileaks, the legal release of conversations recorded during the Nixon administration may seem irrelevant. ...

10 Dec

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People of the Book: Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora

May 8, 2012
By Symi Rom-Rymer
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By Symi Rom-Rymer The story of Jewish Eastern European immigration is a familiar one. Even if one never had the chance to know their relatives from...

09 Dec

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Democracy and Religion Clash in Israel…Again

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Niv Elis and Sophie Taylor The latest clash of liberalism and religion in Israel accentuates the difficult dilemma of how a democracy deals with the illiberal...

09 Dec

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Israel’s Katrina

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Gabriel Weinstein After last week’s forest fire, the Carmel region in Northern Israel’s once emerald forests and fields have become a barren prairie of charred...

08 Dec

Latest, Religion

Charity vs. Tzedakah: Restoring Justice to Giving

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Daniel Kieval The "season of giving," for better and for worse, is upon us. The bestowing of gifts upon friends and family for Hanukkah and...

07 Dec

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Maccabeats Suffer “Wardrobe Malfunction”

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Doni Kandel The Yeshiva University Maccabeats, the university’s a capella group that has taken the United States by storm, received one of their first ugly...

07 Dec

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Stop Screaming, and Start Talking

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Lily Hoffman Simon Imagine the following: on one side of the room, there is a group advocating for Palestinian liberation. Facing them is a group...

06 Dec

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An Ancient Synagogue in Damascus

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Samantha Sisskind If you go to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City in Damascus, Syria, you’ll find hardly any obvious traces of Jewish life. ...

06 Dec

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Desires of the Flesh and Spirit

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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By Steven Philp Following a handful of screenings in the United States and Canada, the critically acclaimed Israeli film Eyes Wide Open was released on DVD...

05 Dec

Culture, Latest, Religion

Recipe: Sumac or Za’atar Latkes

May 8, 2012
By elisniv
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Both sumac and za’atar (hyssop) were biblical spices, the former used to impart a lemony flavor to food, and the latter to season almost anything....

03 Dec

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Hanukkah Throwback: Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

December 7, 2023
By Sala Levin
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Maybe the goblins of Hanukkah don’t just exist in the pages of a picture book; perhaps today’s goblins are the trappings of adulthood that make us forget the special glow that the Hanukkah of our youths possessed.