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Paul "Sexiest Man Alive" Rudd in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Paul Rudd is sexy; Batsheva Haart is separated; Carole King is crowned; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 22, 2021
"Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" Gustave Doré, 1855
Posted inTorah

Are you like Jacob — wrestling to understand things?

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf November 19, 2021November 18, 2021
From the cover of Rutu Modan's new graphic novel, "Tunnels."
Posted inCulture

Dig into Jerusalem’s subterranean history with new nonfiction and graphic novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 18, 2021November 23, 2021
a man in chef's whites looks over a spread of baked goods
Posted inSmall Bites

Frena bakery is reinventing itself as a three-in-one kosher hub

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 17, 2021March 15, 2022
a flowery wedding canopy at sunset by the beach
Posted inMixed & Matched

Can I have an Orthodox conversion with a non-Jewish husband?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler November 17, 2021November 17, 2021
Detail from "Jacob and Rachel at the Well" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inColumns

How to change your reality from ‘no way’ to ‘I can do this’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 12, 2021November 11, 2021
Za’atar kebabs with vegetables from “52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen” by Faith Kramer. (Photo/Clara Rice)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

‘52 Shabbats’: Our columnist’s cookbook takes you around the world for a year of Friday night dinners

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 12, 2021March 15, 2022
A Thanksgiving table is set with traditional holiday favorites. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Thanksgiving evolves, and my mind turns to the first Jew in the Americas

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 11, 2021November 11, 2021
Brian Epstein riding a horse at his 30th birthday party. (Photo/JTA-Ron Joy-Belle Schwartz Estate)
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Brian Epstein gets a statue; Omar Sharif goes to Israel; Scarlett Johansson settles with Disney; etc.

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
Rabbis Becca Walker (left) and Ariella Rosen became the first same-sex rabbinical couple to be married in the Conservative movement. (Photo/JTA-Kelly Prizel Photography)
Posted inUnions

Their same-sex rabbinical wedding was a historic first for the Conservative movement

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA November 10, 2021

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