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Fiction: A Few Small Stones
Some families take pride in a home or a farm, but this multigenerational family struggled to maintain a patch of burial ground.

Some families take pride in a home or a farm, but this multigenerational family struggled to maintain a patch of burial ground.
Space, Time, Gravity and Zionism
Less well known than his Theory of Relativity is Einstein’s contribution to the 20th-century chronicle of the Jewish people and Zionism.

Less well known than his Theory of Relativity is Einstein’s contribution to the 20th-century chronicle of the Jewish people and Zionism.

Mussar: Jewish Spirituality for the Modern World

by Rahel Musleah

by Rahel Musleah

In the United States, mussar is being taught in synagogues across the Jewish spectrum as well as at nontraditional settings, like a women’s prison and a yoga studio.

Being Jewish
Holidays

Spreading Light at Hanukkah

by Tamar Frankiel

“Let there be light!” resounds as we add a candle each night of Hanukkah to increase the light on our menorahs—and in the world.

In Search of a New Generation of Jewish Leaders

by Uriel Heilman

by Uriel Heilman

American Jewry is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Do Jewish leaders have what it takes to keep up?

Who Says a Leader Has to Look Like Moses?

Despite noteworthy progress, women who want to be leaders today face significant hurdles.

Fiction: A Few Small Stones

by Marilyn Ogus Katz

The family once met on the first Saturday of the month, a boisterous gathering of adults and children. Today, the family only meets at funerals.

On Yom Kippur, Beginning Again, Imperfectly

by Nessa Rapoport

When I was a child and recited on the High Holy Days the long, repeating list of alphabetical transgressions, I did not even know what most of them

Mein Kampf in Today’s World

by Michael Berenbaum

For the first time since World War II, the publication of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf has been permitted in Germany.

America’s Oldest Living Person Is a Hadassah Member

by Randi O'Connor

A 113-year-old Jewish woman—and Hadassah member—in Worcester, Massachusetts, is now the oldest person in the United States.