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Test your knowledge of Passover trivia, from oldest known complete Haggadah manuscript to Barack Obama’s White House seder.
Lunch with an Auschwitz Tour Guide: A Personal Essay
By Arielle Silver “I used to be a tour guide at Auschwitz,” Timo said, and then rested his fork on
Is it Time for Shylock to Retire?
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Anat Hoffman Dares to Take On Israel’s Orthodox Establishment. Can She Win?
A visionary to some, a troublemaker to others, Anat Hoffman is leading the charge for women to be allowed to read the Torah at the Western Wall. The executive director of the Israel Reform Action Committee and spokesperson for Women of the Wall has become the face of the fight for religious freedom in Israel.
Book Review | The Book of Genesis: A Biography
Jon D. Levenson reviews Ronald Hendel’s new book, The Book of Genesis: A Biography.
The Most Notorious Anti-Jewish Official in American History
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Fiction // A Beggar’s Place
t’s raining again, and Estrella takes her green umbrella with her. Six, seven years ago, when she could afford to
The Spicy Tale of India’s Jewish Cuisine
Palak paneer, chana masala and the egregiously treif-sounding butter chicken may not scream “Jewish” and were highly unlikely to grace
Post-Racial Rabbis
One of the first things that six-year-old Alysa Stanton noticed when her family moved into a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in
Uncle Xenon: The Elemental Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks opens the door of his lower Manhattan apartment himself because his assistant, Kate Edgar, is in the emergency
Book Review | Jacob’s Folly
A Bug’s Life 2.0 Rebecca Miller Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2012, $26.00, pp.337 Jacob’s Folly is the fantastically original story