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Synagogue in Mád, Hungary (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inOpinion

Today, we’re mourning the loss of our social spaces. Tomorrow, let’s redesign them.

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
Posted inTorah

Honor our elders, especially in these excruciating times

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 1, 2020April 30, 2020
Ben Stiller and Edward Norton as a rabbi and a priest in "Keeping the Faith," which premiered in 2000. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Keeping the Faith’ is 20 years old. Rabbis and priests look back at the interfaith romcom that was ahead of its time.

by Stephen Silver and JTA April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Taurus (Shor) is this month's ruling sign. (Illustration/Jehoshaphat Aspin, 1825)
Posted inAstrolojew

Month of Iyar: Healing and second chances amid the isolation

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude April 27, 2020
"Miriam Shut Out From The Camp" by James Tissot, ca. 1900, shows a scene from this week's Torah portion.
Posted inTorah

In this week’s Torah portion, a mysterious disease strikes

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 24, 2020April 23, 2020
Placing stones on a headstone at a Jewish cemetery honors the deceased. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

What it’s like to officiate a funeral in New York right now

Rabbi Jonah Geffen by Rabbi Jonah Geffen April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
Instead of her planned bat mitzvah Torah service, Raizel Mahgel-Friedman will have a "Torah learning" ceremony streamed on Zoom on April 24. (Photo/Courtesy Nell Mahgel-Friedman)
Posted inReligion

Orthodox Jews find creative workarounds for b’nai mitzvahs during pandemic

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 21, 2020April 22, 2020
black and white drawing of nadav and avihu being thrown backwards by a flash of light
Posted inTorah

His sons consumed by fire, Aaron teaches us a silent lesson

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein by Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein April 17, 2020April 17, 2020
a seder plate with shank, egg, maror, haroset, parsley and and orange
Posted inPassover

Shankbone, matzah and maror had special significance this year

Ilana Cartun Tunca by Ilana Cartun Tunca April 16, 2020April 16, 2020
Jason Alexander, upper right, invites non-Jews Josh Groban, upper left, Darren Criss, lower left and Rachel Brosnahan to join in a virtual Seder webcast on YouTube, April 11, 2020.
Posted inCelebrity Jews

Star-studded Saturday Night Seder yields 1M viewers, $2.6M for charity and 4 big insights about the Jewish people

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 14, 2020April 14, 2020

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