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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.

Family Matters: Anorexia: It’s Not About Food

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

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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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Commentary: Breaking a Recession’s Social Barriers

by Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon

I am ashamed to talk about our new house. It’s a beautiful house, one we could not have afforded before the market crashed. But how

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Family Matters: Prayer: The Learning Curve

Jewish liturgy can help create a community, assist in holding onto tradition and forge spiritual connections, but it can also be a tool for self-discovery..

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Holidays

Commentary: Gedaliah in the Eye of the Beholde

by Jay Michaelson

The Fast of Gedaliah, observed the day after Rosh Hashana (September 21), is among the most overlooked of Jewish holidays. Sandwiched between the Days of

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Feature: The Patient Will See You Now

When Ira awoke after eye surgery on a gurney in the hospital, he found himself at the receiving end of advice from an urbane and

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Feature: Individualism and community

by Rahel Musleah

Some are fully egalitarian, others have separate seating; some feature traditional liturgy, others incorporate new prayers. What unites the growing numbers of diverse, grass-roots minyanim

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