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Voices
You Can Leave an Abusive Marriage
When you are in it, it doesn’t feel like abuse. It feels confusing, complicated, like maybe you’re misunderstanding it. You think maybe there will be one magical day, one perfect sentence, a joke you’ll crack, the thing you’ll finally do that will change things.
When you are in it, it doesn’t feel like abuse. It feels confusing, complicated, like maybe you’re misunderstanding it. You think maybe there will be one magical day, one perfect sentence, a joke you’ll crack, the thing you’ll finally do that will change things.
No, Jews Are Not Museum Artifacts
The tour moved on but I trailed behind the group, dwelling on the way the guide hadn’t realized that Jewish people are not museum exhibits.
The tour moved on but I trailed behind the group, dwelling on the way the guide hadn’t realized that Jewish people are not museum exhibits.
Your Questions
Why Wear Shabbat Clothes When Alone?
Since these clothes are worn in honor of Shabbat itself, not in honor of whoever may happen to see you, this applies even when you’re alone.
Since these clothes are worn in honor of Shabbat itself, not in honor of whoever may happen to see you, this applies even when you’re alone.
Podcasts
The Pianist Who Chopped Off Her Finger
Katia Bolotin's unlikely journey from Friday night concerts to Shabbat observance had plenty of unexpected twists and turns along the way.
Katia Bolotin's unlikely journey from Friday night concerts to Shabbat observance had plenty of unexpected twists and turns along the way.
By the Numbers
Top 20 Yiddish Words You Should Know
In its rich vocabulary, you'll find words that describe the everyday perspective on the Jewish experience. Here are some of our favorite examples.
In its rich vocabulary, you'll find words that describe the everyday perspective on the Jewish experience. Here are some of our favorite examples.
Parshah
Does It Matter Which Words Rashi Quotes?
See how a nuance in a simple one-line Rashi can be examined, unpacked, and understood in an entirely new light.
See how a nuance in a simple one-line Rashi can be examined, unpacked, and understood in an entirely new light.
Video
Focus on Growth
On the sixteenth of Nissan, the second day of Passover, we begin counting down the days until the festival of Shavuos, a practice with origins in the Jewish people’s redemption from slavery. As soon they left Egypt, the Jews began to eagerly count down the days until G-d would give them the Torah at Sinai.
On the sixteenth of Nissan, the second day of Passover, we begin counting down the days until the festival of Shavuos, a practice with origins in the Jewish people’s redemption from slavery. As soon they left Egypt, the Jews began to eagerly count down the days until G-d would give them the Torah at Sinai.
Lifestyle
The countenance of Moses was like that of the sun; the countenance of Joshua was like that of the moon
— Talmud, Bava Batra 75a
Print Magazine
A woman’s influence is different from a man’s. A man needs to conquer, to vanquish an opponent. Therefore, his victory is often superficial—he may get the other guy to nod his head, but not to surrender his heart.
A woman is able to reach inside a man, so he may not even recognize her influence. He feels as though this w...
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