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Table talk for a Jewish Thanksgiving
For what should a Jew be thankful? Here's a discussion for the table and a few answers. Read more »
When Havdalah haunts Halloween
JTA columnist Edmon Rodman suggests that this Saturday night is the perfect time to accentuate the distinction between Holy Shabbat time and the secular every day. Read more »
Raising sukkahs and consciousness the DIY way
As you lay out the materials and tools to build your own sukkah, as you define the space that will define your season of joy, think about this: As you build the sukkah, is the sukkah building you? Read more »
Reading the stones of Rosh Hashanah
Hebrew headstones are talking. As the Jewish New Year approaches, we have a good chance to listen -- an opportunity, really, to honor lives lived, and to deepen our understanding of Jewish time and place by visiting a Jewish cemetery. Read more »
Someone’s listening on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is a difficult day with fasting and Yizkor. So as an aid to help awaken your listening skills and sermon focus, here are some tips. Read more »
Time for a Jewish Couples Hall of Fame
Tu B'Av, the little-known and ancient Jewish holiday of love, should also become a time for examining and celebrating the state of Jewish coupledom. Read more »
After swine flu: Finding camp at home
A father recounts the experience of bringing his son back from camp. Read more »
Fasting at Tisha B’Av can stir hunger for giving
At Tisha B’Av this year, think of fasting as a tzedakah stimulus plan, writes Edmon J. Rodman. Read more »
Lighting a Jewish fuse on the Fourth
Here are eight Jewish connections that help bring a Jewish spark to America's day of independence, which this year falls on Shabbat. Read more »
Summer vacation: J-Tours and detours into Jewish geography
On vacation, our eyes come alive with new signs of Jewish life in the streets, shops, even in the faces and speech patterns of fellow travelers, Edmon J. Rodman writes. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 11/20/09 @ 11:30AM EDT
- Canada's opposition Liberal Party is crying foul after the ruling Conservatives mailed out flyers extolling themselves as stronger supporters of Israel.
- Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed Thursday in Brazil by a state governor who is Jewish.
- Prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist Mendel Kaplan has died at the age of 73.
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
- What should we bring? Thanksgiving foods that travel well
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Sniffing underwear and other high jinks in satire on intermarriage
