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"Monologues from the Makom" is a collection of essays exploring female sexuality in the Orthodox world. (Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inBooks

Taking a page from ‘Vagina Monologues,’ a new book explores taboos around women’s sexuality and gender in the Orthodox world

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
Exterior of Sinai Memorial Chapel in San Francisco
Posted inNews

Virtual panel to explore how young people grieve and heal

by Gabriel Greschler August 14, 2020August 17, 2020
Chelm is a town known in European Jewish folklore as a community of holy fools. (Illustration/F. Halperin's "Khakme Khelm," Warsaw, 1926)
Posted inTorah

Live from Chelm: Online class provides some virtual wisdom from a mythical shtetl

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan August 14, 2020August 14, 2020
a close up of a woman in a white shirt with her hand over her heart
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My pandemic U-turn: Fortified, organized, full of gratitude

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz August 12, 2020August 18, 2020
Rabbi Daniel Stein (top right) leads candle lighting and some songs over Zoom before Shabbat, March 13, 2020. (Screenshot/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inU.S.

17% of American Jews attended a virtual prayer service last month, compared to half of Christians

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 11, 2020August 12, 2020
an old man with a beard holds a volume of Talmud
Posted inObituaries

Adin Steinsaltz, acclaimed scholar who made the Talmud more accessible, dies at 83

by Ben Harris and JTA August 7, 2020August 7, 2020
"The Circumcision of Isaac," Regensburg Pentateuch, ca. 1300
Posted inTorah

In this week’s Torah portion, an exhortation to breathe deep and take a leap of faith

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 7, 2020August 6, 2020
a man with a beard wearing scrubs stands with four men in their 20s
Posted inWorld

Need an adult circumcision in Russia? There’s only one man for the job.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA August 6, 2020
a large brick and glass synagogue building
Posted inU.S.

Some synagogues are opting for high-quality over homegrown when it comes to online services. Is that a good thing?

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA August 4, 2020August 4, 2020
People mill around in a brightly lit sanctuary
Posted inReligion

The pandemic’s first High Holiday season has synagogues wondering: Will people pay dues?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 31, 2020

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