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      "Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867

      Torah

      Considering the state of America this Tisha B'Av

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      By Rabbi Amy Eilberg Aug 5, 2022
      "The City of Refuge" by Charles Foster, 1897

      Torah

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      By Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein Jul 29, 2022
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      Astrolojew

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      Unions

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      The daughters of Zelophehad from "The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons" (1908)

      Torah

      Enshrining personal autonomy makes us free and equal

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      By Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf Jul 22, 2022
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      Opinion

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      Back in December, human beings, a weird variety of uniquely frail, lithe and hairless monkeys, launched into space a new, $10 billion dollar telescope, 21…
      By Rabbi Benjamin Resnick, JTA Jul 19, 2022
      Balaam is stopped by an angel while on his way to curse the Israelites, as in this week's Torah portion, from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicles.

      Torah

      Judaism’s revolutionary approach to history

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      By Rabbi Dov Greenberg Jul 15, 2022
      Dean MacDonald in his San Francisco studio

      Art

      Artist Dean MacDonald’s reimagined mezuzahs go beyond the doorframe

      In 2012, a newlywed couple commissioned Dean MacDonald to make them a mezuzah that incorporated shards of the glass from their wedding ceremony. The San…
      By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Jul 8, 2022
      “Moses Smiteth the Rock in the Desert,” by James Tissot, ca. 1900

      Torah

      So you’ve got this kind of miracle, and this kind, and … 

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      By Rabbi Joey Felsen Jul 8, 2022
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