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Posted inTorah

Why we tear an item of clothing at a Jewish funeral

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 6, 2022May 5, 2022
A crowd gathers outside the Supreme Court on May 2, 2022. (Photo/RNS-AP-Alex Brandon)
Posted inUncategorized

The Christian right’s abortion policy isn’t in my Torah

Rabbi Rachel Barenblat by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat and RNS May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
This ad for the El Al, the Israeli national airline, that appeared in the Jewish Bulletin (this publication's former name) in 1953.
Posted inJewish Life

How we covered Israeli independence 74 years ago, when local support was less than complete

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
A 1690 illustration of the constellation Taurus, this Hebrew month's ruling sign, by Johannes Hevelius.
Posted inAstrolojew

Jewish horoscopes: When you get that feeling, you need Iyar’s healing

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 2, 2022
red curtain
Posted inTorah

If you’re closed down, maybe it’s time to open up your ‘curtain’

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 29, 2022April 28, 2022
A range of Susie Fishman's Meet My Kneads spices. (Photo/Susie Fishman)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Spices with funny Jewish names fight hunger on college campuses

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 28, 2022April 28, 2022
One of Afikomen's popular #WhatsCookingForShabbos videos on Instagram
Posted inSmall Bites

Sababa expands; Afikomen’s ‘What’s Cooking for Shabbos’ is an Instagram hit

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 26, 2022April 28, 2022
People surround a Seder plate at the Shabbat Tent at the Coachella music festival in Indio, California. (Photo/RNS via Instagram-@chrism_arts)
Posted inTorah

The popularity of Passover defies the odds

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein April 22, 2022April 21, 2022
Donny Osmond in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."
Posted inTorah

How Donny Osmond and his ‘Dreamcoat’ figure in Passover’s miracles

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf April 15, 2022April 21, 2022
Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger's April 1, 1898 column
Posted inFrom the Archives

In 1898, this newspaper declared the haggadah ‘literary nonsense’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 14, 2022

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