Humane Slaughter? As an animal welfare advocate, I was sickened by “The Greening of Kashrut” (February issue). Humane slaughter is an oxymoron. If you wouldn’t

One of the more quoted bits of wisdom for our age is that a crisis should not be wasted. Usually cited to prescribe responses to

Research tells us what we already know: The Passover Seder is the most widely observed Jewish ritual of the year. Even Jews who have no

Israeli native Dr. Oz Shapira had a successful 16-year career in the United States. Today, he is back in Israel as director of cardiothoracic surgery

My cousin David was exercised. At the Seder, I had introduced the Hasidic idea that mitzrayim, Egypt, could be read asmetzarim, straits or narrowing. In this

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Where there is no vision, says the Proverb, the people perish. And yet, we know that when there is only vision, we stand still, lacking

As we read Megillat Esther on Purim, Queen Vashti’s act of disobedience generates much perplexity. It is difficult to resolve whether to view her as