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A rack of prayer shawls at Congregation B’nai Israel shows the unique style of tzitzit used by Karaite Jews. (David A.M. Wilensky)
March 11, 2018, 2:36 pm
Are Karaites more Jewish than Jews?
If Moses arrived in a time machine, he'd surely recognize more Karaite practices than rabbinic ones
By Bill Slott
Moses on Mount Sinai, painted circa 1895-1900, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. (Wikimedia Commons)
March 9, 2018, 1:24 pm
Who still sees the wonder of Judaism?
Religion is the art of knowing what to do with amazement and how to protect it from complacency
By Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Cover of Jewish Law as Rebellion, by Nathan Lopes Cardozo. (courtesy, Johnny Solomon)
February 15, 2018, 12:32 pm
Jewish law — far more than a dry, unbending code
Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo faults halacha handbooks for a lack of legal creativity; he misses the mark (review)
By Johnny Solomon
Illustrative: Students at the King David Victory Park school in Johannesburg, South Africa at a Holocaust Remembrance Day event in 2017. (YouTube screenshot)
January 27, 2018, 7:07 am
Who likes Internat’l Holocaust Remembrance Day?
Plenty of Jews dislike the memorial day -- they'd rather build life than wallow in death
By Gheula Canarutto Nemni
(Tabitha Kaylee Hawk/Flickr Commons)
January 23, 2018, 3:31 pm
Jewish men need to talk about #MeToo
Rejecting Harvey Weinstein, et al as role models is a no-brainer; having the conversation about sex and power is the challenge
By Daniel Brenner
Construction of a bridge going over Emek HaArazim outside Jerusalem, for the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train, seen on December 20, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 26, 2017, 6:21 am
Knesset okays requiring Jewish tradition as factor in Shabbat work permits
New law is part of effort to smooth out ruffled feathers in wake of coalition crisis over train maintenance work on Jewish day of rest
By TOI staff
In this Friday June 26, 2009 photo, BBC Persian service presenter Fardad Farahzad, right, gets ready to present the news, at the corporation's London headquarters. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson, File)
December 21, 2017, 5:47 am
BBC says it will insert more religion into programming
British broadcaster to feature more reports on non-Christian festivals after publication of yearlong review into its coverage of religion and ethics
By JTA
A Hanukkah menorah (Flash90)
December 20, 2017, 3:14 pm
We make our own miracles
The Maccabees sighed, rolled up their sleeves, and got to work as a community -- which earned them God's blessing
By Yitzchak Besser
The cast of "The MeshugaNutcracker! The Chanukah Musical," including guest star Bruce Vilance (center), in 2016. A film version of the musical comedy will be screened on Dec. 19, 2017 (Courtesy: Guggenheim Entertainment)
December 18, 2017, 10:25 pm
Hanukkah gets a kitschy ‘Nutcracker’ treatment for the holiday’s last night
The film version of a musical comedy based on Festival of Lights to screen at hundreds of US movie theaters on December 19
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: Hanukkah candles. (Flickr Commons)
December 15, 2017, 11:50 am
It’s OK God — we’ve got it covered
Hanukkah raises that important question of whether Judaism requires the Divine to thrive
By David Werdiger
Students and campus allies attend the Interfaith Leadership Institute in Chicago, Illinois, 2016. (Courtesy of Interfaith Youth Core)
December 11, 2017, 11:37 pm
Should a rabbi take Communion?
Many of the most innovative efforts to redefine Jewish life and identity are not happening in synagogues
By Sid Schwarz
Kids can be Samson bringing down the walls at Courageous Pages, the play area at the new Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC (Ron Kampeas)
November 17, 2017, 11:41 pm
Judaism is the star at a Bible museum built by Hobby Lobby
Newest DC institution celebrates Jewish origins; Israel's ambassador to US and host of Israeli dignitaries attend opening ceremony
By Ron Kampeas
November 17, 2017, 3:54 pm
I serve God by vacuuming
We need a Judaism that acknowledges the spiritual worth inherent in our daily tasks and routines
By Shayna Abramson
November 10, 2017, 4:35 pm
Teachers are often misunderstood
I do challenge established religious beliefs, for the benefit of authentic Judaism
By Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Bible scholar Tzemah Yoreh questions the common telling of the binding of Isaac -- the version that inspired Caravaggio -- in which an angel stops Abraham moments before he sacrifices his son. (Photo credit: From http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/caravaggio/isaac.jpgg/via Wikipedia)
November 3, 2017, 3:10 pm
How Judaism broke down the family
The biblical Binding of Isaac is a painful episode in the drama of human separation and individuation
By Jonathan Sacks
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