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"Memorial Tablet and Omer Calendar" by Baruch Zvi Ring, ca. 1900
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What childbirth teaches us about counting the Omer

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen April 20, 2018April 20, 2018
Member of Knesset Haneen Zoabi sits for an interview in a Berkeley café before her talk on campus. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inAnalysis

A disappointing encounter with the limits of dialogue

by Sue Fishkoff April 18, 2018April 26, 2018
Amy Schumer in "I Feel Pretty"
Posted inColumns

Amy Schumer ‘feeling pretty’; Joaquin’s next flick; and a young Jewish Picasso

by Nate Bloom April 18, 2018April 17, 2018
black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
Posted inColumns

How does meat get to the table? Connecting food, kashrut and values

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider April 13, 2018
Nightlife in Tel Aviv is way too cool for the guys in this column. (Photo/Flickr-Israel Tourism CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Middle aged man goes to Tel Aviv, tries to look cool

Larry RosenEric Goldbrener by Larry Rosen and Eric Goldbrener April 11, 2018April 11, 2018
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s  debut novel “One Night, Markovitch” (2012) is worth your time.
Posted inIsrael at 70

11 stellar Israeli novels that cry out to be read

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 10, 2018August 20, 2018
(Photo/Flickr-Lucélia Ribeiro CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inColumns

The games people play — and the ones my 5-year-old inflicts on them

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein April 9, 2018April 9, 2018
Ruth, the heroine of the biblical book that bears her name, was the first convert to Judaism. Poster for the 1960 film "The Story of Ruth," directed by Harry Koster and starring Peggy Wood in the title role
Posted inColumns

Our Passover story is a chance to reaffirm that we are all Jews by choice

Rabbi Corey Helfand by Rabbi Corey Helfand April 6, 2018
Alex Bregman celebrating after hitting the game-winning single during the tenth inning to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in game five of the 2017 World Series at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Oct. 30, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Posted inColumns

It’s baseball season! Here are the Jews of MLB 2018.

by Nate Bloom April 5, 2018April 2, 2019
From the cover of “Noodle Soup: Recipes, Techniques, Obsession” by Ken Albala
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Noodle soup made 1,000 different ways — it’s an obsession

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

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