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What Makes a Jew "Jewish"?
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Sages and mystics explore the primordial "mind" of G-d to ask: Is it the Torah that makes the Jew a Jew, or is it the Jew who makes the Torah a Torah?
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Jewish Identity » What Makes a Jew "Jewish"?
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Cold Soup
By Manis Friedman Imagine, a couple gets married, and the man says to his new wife, "Would you make me something to eat, please? I'll be right back." The guy comes back 3300 years later...
Spirituality » Essays » Cold Soup
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Will My Grandchildren Be Jewish?
By Aron Moss I have yet to meet a Jew who doesn't proudly claim, "My grandfather was a rabbi." It seems that three generations ago everyone was a rabbi!
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Jewish Identity » Will My Grandchildren Be Jewish?
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Is This Your Ten Million Dollars?
By Aron Moss Rabbi Declines Ten Million Dollar Lottery Prize: sez it's 'against his principles'
Society & Living » Daily Life » Is This Your Ten Million Dollars?
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The Holiday When We Became Jewish
By Naftali Silberberg The first time we're ever called "Jews" is in the Purim story. Were we not Jewish before then? Or perhaps the question is: what's the connection between Purim and Judah?
Jewish Holidays » Purim » Insights & Inspiration » Lessons and Insights » The Holiday When We Became Jewish
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Something from Nothing
By Yaakov Brawer It is not easy to understand how a world view that leads nowhere and ultimately explains nothing became so rooted in the human psyche
Ideas & Beliefs » Torah & Science » Something from Nothing
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Where the Roads Meet
By Andre Haijdu My parents used to tell me not to wave my hands while speaking and not to talk in a singsong. When I asked why, they said that it made me look like a Jew
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » Where the Roads Meet
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Kano
By David Ben-Dor Do you know where Kano is? Look it up on the map of Nigeria in West Africa
Library » Stories » Contemporary » Kano
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Jews are from Sinai, not Mars or Venus
By Yisroel Susskind Popular gender stereotypes are not merely incorrect, they're outright harmful
Society & Living » Issues » Jews are from Sinai, not Mars or Venus
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Home For Shabbat
By Deena Yellin I glanced at my watch nervously. Usually, I avoid flying Friday afternoons for fear I won't arrive in time, but this time, I figured I'd be safe. I figured wrong...
Library » Stories » Contemporary » Home For Shabbat
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