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Fulbright scholars McCall Wells, left, and Danielle Elliott are organizing an interfaith seder at the Universidad Camilo José Sela in Villafranca del Castillo, Spain. (Photo/Melissa Marazas)
Posted inHolidays

Meet the Americans planning a Spanish university’s first-ever Passover seder

by Margarita Gokun Silver March 19, 2018March 19, 2018
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Posted inColumns

Take this week’s Torah portion with a literal grain of salt

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 16, 2018
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inColumns

4 questions to ask of our leaders before Passover

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan March 9, 2018March 8, 2018
Cellphones stashed away at last year’s unplugging (Photo/Courtesy Reboot)
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Stop tapping and start talking on National Day of Unplugging

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 8, 2018March 8, 2018
Esther Thorpe, left, identifies as non-binary and had a gender-neutral b'nei mitzvah ceremony with the help of rabbinical student Gabriel Webber.
 (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Miriam Taylor Thorpe)
Posted inJewish Life

Non-binary teen’s gender-neutral b’nai mitzvah was ‘a big responsibility’

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten March 5, 2018March 5, 2018
Imentet and Ra from the tomb of Nefertari, 13th century BCE. When the Israelites left Egypt, they felt lost without the rich visuals of Egyptian religion.
Posted inColumns

Put down your iPhone (read: idol) and teach some Torah to a child

Rabbi Joel Landau by Rabbi Joel Landau March 2, 2018March 2, 2018
Ruth, the heroine of the biblical book that bears her name, was the first convert to Judaism. Painting by James Tissot, ca. 1900
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I haven’t converted yet, but I’m raring to practice Judaism right now

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler February 28, 2018February 28, 2018
"Queen Vashti Deposed" by Ernest Normand (Photo/Wikimedia)
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Hail Queen Vashti! Celebrating Purim in the age of #MeToo

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten February 26, 2018February 26, 2018
These kids at a 2016 Chabad of North Peninsula Purim party turned Purim glam into glam rock. Also: Harry Potter?
Posted inColumns

The holiness of Purim lies in glitz, glam and color

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen February 23, 2018February 23, 2018
an antique drawing of a great cloud hovering over the mishkan with israelites worshipping
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Leave bitterness at the door when you enter the sanctuary

Rabbi Susan Leider by Rabbi Susan Leider February 16, 2018February 15, 2018

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