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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.

Celebrating Hanukkah on Your Own Schedule

Until recently, Jews who observed the holiday respected the eight days in the Hebrew month of Kisleve as the time for sacred observance.

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A Minyan on Eldridge Street

by Karen Galatz

My 13-year-old Jewish-Episcopalian great-nephew is the reluctant final member of the minyan at this Shabbat service on Eldridge Street.

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Healing From a Fall, Mine and My Horse’s

by Patricia Giniger Snyder

After Patricia Giniger Snyder traumatic fall from a horse, she relied on Western and Chinese medicine, and her Jewish faith, to help her heal.

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Amos Oz on Challenging God, in Search of Justice

by Amos Oz

The Israeli author discusses the rebellious streak that is woven throughout Jewish history and the creative energy that rises from tension and debate.

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Together, Grandparents and Grandkids Make Magic

by Hilary Danailova

A new initiative from the Jewish Agency for Israel is pairing grandparents and their tween grandchildren for monthly in-person discussion groups and activities.