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an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
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We must savor the moments of harmony we are lucky enough to experience

Rabbi George Altshuler by Rabbi George Altshuler June 20, 2024June 20, 2024
Micah Siva's Ginger Apricot Almond Bars are a riff on the classic date square. (Photo/Micah Siva)
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Make a pit stop during stone-fruit season for these ginger-apricot bars

Micah Siva by Micah Siva June 18, 2024July 31, 2024
a lit memorial candle with a Sinai Memorial Chapel logo on it
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Death announcements for the week of June 14, 2024

by J. Staff June 14, 2024June 14, 2024
Joshua Skootsky married Rochela Neiman. (Photo/Joshua Skootsky)
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Lifecycles announcements for the week of June 14, 2024

by J. Staff June 14, 2024June 14, 2024
Morrie Markoff in 2023. (Photo/Courtesy The Brain Donor Project)
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Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 13, 2024June 13, 2024
"Samson Puts Down the Pillars" by James Tissot, ca. 1900. The biblical character of Samson is the best known Nazirite.
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Judaism does not preach self-denial as the ideal way of life, but there’s something to be said for holy vows

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 13, 2024June 13, 2024
Marchers call for the release of hostages in Gaza at the annual Israel parade in New York City, June 2, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy JCRCNY)
Posted inReligion

‘Bring them home’ means different things to Israelis and American Jews

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 10, 2024
Smart advertising in 1992, considering 50%-80% of Ashkenazi Jews are lactose intolerant...and most of them wouldn't turn down a slice of cheesecake. (J. Archives)
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Cheesecake is a slice of heaven for Shavuot

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky June 7, 2024
Holocaust survivor Henry Greenbaum of Bethesda, Maryland, shows his concentration camp tattoo to visitors at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (Photo/Flickr/Department of Defense/Marvin Lynchard)
Posted inTorah

You are significant as both an individual Jew and as part of the Jewish people

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen June 6, 2024June 6, 2024
Cheese blintzes baked in banana custard. (Photo/Faith Kramer)
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For a creamy Shavuot dessert, cradle blintzes in a rich banana custard

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer June 3, 2024July 31, 2024

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