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The gang assesses a counterfeit "dybbuk box" on the CW series "Nancy Drew." (Screenshot)
Posted inTV & Film

How TV has embraced dybbuks, golems and other Jewish lore

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz May 21, 2021
A person holds a Black Lives Matter flag during the "Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" protest against racism and police brutality, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-Pool-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

The Torah has a lot to say about privilege

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg May 21, 2021May 20, 2021
"The Israelites' encampment in the wilderness, guided by God in the form of a pillar of smoke" by J.J. Derghi, 1866
Posted inTorah

Cultural conformity on the road to Canaan

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
"Shavout" by Moritz Daniel Oppeneheim, 1880
Posted inColumns

Month of Sivan: This summer, let truth be your shield

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude May 12, 2021
Traditional Jewish religious practice is fading among new generations of American Jews, according to the Pew Research Center's 2021 study on American Jews. (Photo/JTA-Yochi Rappeport-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLocal Voice

Surveys asking American Jews if they’re religious miss the point

Rachel B. Gross by Rachel B. Gross and JTA May 11, 2021May 12, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Leila Devine-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

Take it from a fat rabbi: Nobody needs your dieting advice

Rabbi Minna Bromberg by Rabbi Minna Bromberg and JTA May 10, 2021
Joey Soloway and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie during last year’s Dawn. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

All-night Shavuot arts festival features local and national talent

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 10, 2021July 21, 2021
oil painting of girl in blue dress asleep on the ground
Posted inTorah

This week’s Torah takeaway: Give yourself a needed rest

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf May 7, 2021May 10, 2021
old books on a shelf
Posted inReligion

Inside each buried Jewish book, a Jewish heart

by Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky and JTA May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
man in yamulke inside synagogue
Posted inFilm

Basketball, refuseniks, Shira Haas: Silicon Valley Jewish film fest turns 30

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 6, 2021May 12, 2021

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