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The author makes shakshuka in a cherished pot.
Posted inParenting

Old pots and pans lose their shine, but memories don’t fade

by Julie Levine July 24, 2018July 24, 2018
Protesters at a Jewish rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in New York City demonstrate against the government’s border separation policy, June 21, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inTorah

As we mourn on Tisha B’Av, look to Isaiah’s vision of a healed nation

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 19, 2018July 26, 2018
Richard Siegel was the director emeritus of the Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management, headed the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and co-edited the seminal “Jewish Catalog” series of guides to do-it-yourself Judaism.
Posted inReligion

In US Judaism, we’re all ‘Catalogists’ now

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 17, 2018
black and white image of two senior hands holding on to each other
Posted inFamily Matters

My grandmother was booted from her nursing home. What can I do?

Rita Clancy by Rita Clancy July 17, 2018July 17, 2018
(Illustration/JTA-Charles Dunst-image via Wikimedia Commons and Twitter)
Posted inTisha B'Av

Why liberal Jews should embrace Tisha B’Av, this year more than ever

by Rabbi Diana Fersko July 17, 2018July 17, 2018
Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

What can we glean from the Bible’s disturbing passages?

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen July 13, 2018July 13, 2018
Tamar Sabin Sberlo and Jeff Sberlo Sabin-Matsumoto expressing their feelings after the May 26 ceremony (Photo/Lingerfree Photography-Elyse Frelinger)
Posted inUnions

He stripped off his suit, she wore a rainbow, and they danced

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett July 12, 2018July 14, 2018
The mazal (zodiac sign) for the Hebrew month of Av is Aryeh the lion, seen here on the famous astrology mosaic at the ancient Beit Alfa synagogue in Israel.
Posted inColumns

Month of Av: Making sense of the highest highs and lowest lows

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude July 11, 2018
Jerry Seinfeld and President Barack Obama in a 2015 episode of "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," now available on Netflix
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Daveed Diggs comes home to Oakland; Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars’ on Netflix

by Nate Bloom July 11, 2018
From the cover of "Nothing is Forgotten" by Peter Golden
Posted inOff the Shelf

Three books about characters connecting to secret Jewish pasts

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman July 11, 2018August 20, 2018

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