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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.

In a renowned biblical love-triangle, a destitute widow cares for her equally destitute mother-in-law, and an elderly rich man falls in love with the daughter

Being Jewish

Commentary: The Chosen Versus the First

by Haim Chertok

The Book of Ruth, viewed by Goethe as the most beautiful “little whole” in the Hebrew Bible, is the special reading for Shavuot, which begins

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Profile: Irving Elson

by Alison Buckholtz

The desire to serve his country developed early in this Conservative rabbi, the Navy and Marine Corps’ highest-ranking Jewish chaplain. Not many bar mitzva boys know

Cut & Post

Swell in Cruise-Ship Visits to Israel Israel is once again on the cruising map, after being shunned for years as an unsafe haven. “This reminds

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Commentary: What Don’t You Understand About All Israel?

by Jay Michaelson

The story of Israel, it has often been remarked, is a tale of two cities: secular Tel Aviv and religious Jerusalem. They are indeed different

Being Jewish

Family Matters: Anorexia: It’s Not About Food

by Rahel Musleah

While there are no exact statistics, it is clear that Jewish girls are among those suffering from eating disorders. The question is: How can we

Being Jewish

Interview: Elinor Ruth Tatum

by Charley J. Levine

When two cultures don’t know each other, there are preconceived notions that must be dispelled,’ says Tatum, ‘and that comes only through education.’ As publisher

Being Jewish

Commentary: Reaching on a Rainy Day

by Norma Rosen

We Jews mourn the millions of deaths of those murdered in the Shoah as well as throughout our long history of powerlessness before the state of

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