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American society tries to sell us the idea that Christmas is not a religious holiday because its themes—gift giving, goodwill and peace on earth—are universal. But Christmas is fundamentally religious: It celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the Christian messiah
How did a word that means “leaning” become the way to describe the act of becoming a rabbi?
Jewish leaders in states with trigger bans hope interfaith activism may help them advocate for reproductive health.
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I wouldn’t. Assuming the child in question is an adult, and depending on the degree to which the estrangement has festered, and barring cases of abuse, trying to heal such rifts is misplaced effort.
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Why not? Moses was not such a bad spiritual leader of our people, and he was married to Tziporah the Midianite.
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Before engaging an enemy in combat, we must offer to negotiate a peace (Deuteronomy 20:10).
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Fifty years ago, Sally Priesand was ordained as a Reform rabbi, the first woman clergy member in American Jewish history. To mark this anniversary, we asked rabbis, male and female, to reflect.
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That’s how Abraham resolves his dispute with Lot over grazing lands: “If you head left, I’ll head right. If you head right, I’ll go left” (Genesis 13:9).
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I don’t. It is not my place to nudge people to get or not to get vaccinated.
As a young woman, Rabbi Judith Edelstein longed for a deeper connection to Judaism. She found it by chance when she picked up a flier at her son’s nursery school.
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Everyone wants to be right—in the right way. What’s the line between striving for moral perfection and being a jerk?
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Evil was introduced the moment God looked at Creation and “saw that it was good!” For the existence of good implies the existence of evil, just as big implies small and cold implies hot.
