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Being Jewish
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.

Being Jewish

Wilderness of Mirrors

by David Klinghoffer

As we experience a fresh rash of anti-Semitism, spattered across the globe, we naturally ask: Why does God permit it?

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A Mentch in Rome

by Jay Michaelson

If you took a poll today asking American Jews to name their favorite religious leader, the answer might well be Pope Francis.

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The Enemy

by David W. Weiss

A guesthouse in an Albanian village offered the tourists a comfortable place to rest. But it also sparked a meditation on a very personal and intense Jewish relationship

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Family

Group Hug

by Rahel Musleah

Communities across the United States are devising different means of helping people find their place in their synagogue.

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Finding Freedom Within Ourselves: Righteous Women in the Bible

by Tamar Frankiel

“In the merit of righteous women, our ancestors were redeemed from Egypt” (Talmud, Sotah 11b). Our Sages are pointing to the acts of Miriam, the

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Say ‘I Do’—Then Visit Israel

by Randi O'Connor

Low-cost honeymoon trips to Israel aim to welcome young Jewish couples to their local Jewish communities.

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Joshua Nelson

by Amy Klein

This musician’s levity and humor are in service of a deeper message: taking every piece of who he is and recognizing it—the African-American and the Jew.

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A Seventh From Heaven

by Micha Odenheimer

Rosh Hashana marked the beginning of 5775, a shemitta, or sabbatical, year in the Land of Israel. According to the Torah, “And six years you

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