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Alice Shalvi pioneered religious feminism in Israel. Everyone else is still catching up.

The German-born scholar, who died Monday at 96, pioneered feminist ideas in Israel in the early 1970s when there were only a handful of women doing such work.

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Street fights over prayer offer liberal Israelis a chance to define a Judaism they can believe in

Secular Jews who resent the Orthodox establishment have an opportunity to embrace Judaism on their own terms, writes a scholar at the Shalom Hartman Institute.

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Sukkot is a holiday of homecoming and homelessness

“What exactly is lost when you lose home and what is gained when you recover it” asks the
emeritus Jewish chaplain at Yale University.

The Oslo Accords at 30: Shaping the Saudi peace deal

Jewish men (and women) think about the Roman Empire all the time. We can’t avoid it.

If you’re trying to connect to God on Yom Kippur, here’s a prayer for you

AI, pluralism and Israel: What North American rabbis spoke about in their High Holiday sermons

The buzzy novel ‘Whalefall’ offers a modern spin on the ancient Book of Jonah

This High Holiday pastry connects me to the relatives I loved and the ones I lost

Why is the Ukraine war more Jewish than the Iranian uprising? A year after Mahsa Amini’s death, that should change.

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