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Home » Posts Tagged "Jewish word"
23 Jan
Jewish Word, Winter Issue 2023

Jewish Word | Semicha—When a Rabbi Becomes a Rabbi

  • February 2, 2023
  • By author-avatar George E. Johnson
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Semicha is a Hebrew word that means “leaning” and a widely used synonym for rabbinic ordination.

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15 Nov
2022 November/December, Jewish Word

Jewish Word | ‘Almah’ Grows Up

  • November 16, 2022
  • By author-avatar Jennifer Bardi
  • 1 comment
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After working for seven years at a Jewish parenting website, Molly Tolsky wanted to create a space for an audience she herself identified with: young Jewish women focusing on careers and their place in the world who weren’t necessarily thinking about marriage or children.

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03 Oct
2022 September/October

The Conversation

  • October 3, 2022
  • By author-avatar Moment
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What makes a word Jewish? Every word is Jewish when it has a Jewish story to tell.

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20 Jul
Big Questions, Jewish Word, Jewish World, Summer Issue 2022

Special Edition | The Making of a Jewish Word

  • September 29, 2022
  • By author-avatar Moment
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Technology inexplicably fails us often enough that we need a word for the occasion.

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Next Year in Jerusalem
04 Apr
Jewish Word, Spring Issue 2022

Jewish Word | Why We Say ‘Next Year in Jerusalem’

  • April 27, 2022
  • By author-avatar George E. Johnson
  • 1 comment
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Seders all over the world this Passover will end with the words L’Shanah Ha Ba’ah b’Yerushalayim—“Next year in Jerusalem.”

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Shmita
19 Jan
Jewish Word, Winter Issue 2022

Jewish Word | Shmita: A Sabbath for the Land—and Ourselves

  • January 19, 2022
  • By author-avatar Noach Phillips
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Flapping proudly in fallow fields, large green and yellow banners in rural Israel proclaim: Kan Shomrim Shmita (“Here We Keep Shmita”).

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Two pages from the Talmud, part of the inspiration for the word Talmudic
23 Nov
2021 November/December, Jewish Word

Jewish Word | The Hairsplitting Complexity of ‘Talmudic’

  • January 20, 2022
  • By author-avatar Ellen Wexler
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More often than not, the word “Talmudic” isn’t about the Talmud.

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14 Jun
Summer Issue 2021

Jewish Word | What a Schlep!

  • December 20, 2021
  • By author-avatar Tricia Crimmins
  • 4 comments
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In 2008, a group of Jewish Democratic political operatives had an idea: If young Jewish voters traveled to Florida, they could convince their hesitant grandparents to vote for Barack Obama, thus ensuring a win in the vital swing state.

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08 Mar
Jewish Word, Spring issue 2021

Jewish Word | What Is Cancel Culture—and What Does Judaism Say About It?

  • December 20, 2021
  • By author-avatar Lilly Gelman
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Comedian Kevin Hart was bumped from hosting the 2019 Oscars for years-old homophobic tweets.

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12 Jan
2021 January/February, Jewish Word, Jewish World

Jewish Word | Pikuach Nefesh

  • December 22, 2021
  • By author-avatar Amy E. Schwartz
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In Chaim Potok’s 1969 novel The Promise, sequel to the better-known The Chosen, there’s a scene that piercingly illustrates the Jewish legal emphasis on saving a life.

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