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black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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
From Isaac Abravanel's haggadah, published in Altona, Germany, 1763. (Photo/Flickr-Library and Archives of Canada CC BY 2.0)
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The haggadah tells us to work for the liberation of all

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 29, 2018April 2, 2018
Rabbi Serena Eisenberg and Israel's then-Consul General Shlomi Kofman at the AJC Diplomats Seder at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, March 22, 2018. (Photo/AJC-Mariah Tiffany)
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22 international diplomats, 70 Jews, one Passover seder

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 29, 2018April 3, 2020
Gefilte fish often starts the festive meal — leaving guests eagerly awaiting the next course. (Photos/JTA-William Thomas Cain-Getty Images)
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Which jokes not to laugh at, plus other tips for non-Jews attending their first seder

by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 28, 2018April 2, 2018

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