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Posted inReligion

A small but growing number of Orthodox rabbis are officiating same-sex weddings

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA October 28, 2020January 14, 2022
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews take part in a prayer on the Sigd holiday on the Armon Hanatziv Promenade overlooking Jerusalem, Nov. 27, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Tel Aviv University launches academic program to preserve knowledge of Ethiopian Jewish bible

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 28, 2020
Judge Amy Coney Barrett is nominated to the US Supreme Court by President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sept. 26, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Douliery-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Amy Coney Barrett needs a Talmudic view of the Constitution

William Kolbrener by William Kolbrener October 27, 2020
“Noah’s Ark on the Mount Ararat” by Simone de Myle, 1570
Posted inTorah

The Mona Lisa of the threshold

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg October 23, 2020October 22, 2020
a photo of a decorate christmas tree with a menorah burning in the background
Posted inMixed & Matched

How do I tell my Catholic parents that I don’t plan to have Christmas?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
a classroom with desks spaced evenly throughout
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Let’s keep educating our kids, but give school a rest during this ‘shmita year’

Vicki Haberkorn Abeles by Vicki Haberkorn Abeles October 21, 2020October 22, 2020
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Posted inU.S., Religion, Jewish Life, News

Rabbi Art Green (still) believes Hasidic ideas are key to a vibrant modern Judaism

by Ben Harris and JTA October 19, 2020October 19, 2020
Akrav (AKA Scorpio), ruling sign of the Hebrew month of Cheshvan, as drawn in a 1322 German Shavuot prayer book.
Posted inColumns

Month of Cheshvan: Transforming bitterness into greatness

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude October 19, 2020October 19, 2020
Adam and Eve as depicted in the Escorial Beatus, a 10th-century illuminated manuscript.
Posted inTorah

Adam and Eve and the problem of loneliness

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen October 16, 2020October 16, 2020
A chuppah awaits a wedding couple. (Photo/JTA-Mendy Hechtman-Flash90)
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Britain’s Liberal rabbis begin allowing interfaith couples to get married under a chuppah

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

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