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Jews and Arabs really aren’t so different. Just check out their dance moves. A YouTube user, SpudXXXX, made a short video that mixes together traditional Arabic dancing with traditional Jewish dancing. First, a group of white-caftaned Arab men shimmies back and forth in a synchronized dance. Then the visuals cut to a completely different space: an auditorium […]

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Mark Kurlansky’s book Edible Stories (2010) is an indulgence for book-nerds and foodies: It’s a collection of 16 interrelated stories, each named after (and starring) a certain kind of food. Most of the featured cuisine tends to be on the highbrow side (espresso, boudin, crème brûlée), but our favorite is a short story called “Cholent,” about possibly the least gourmet food that exists. Cholent […]

 believe that there has been an evolutionary decline in the human sense of smell. Perhaps it was more potent back when people were hunters and gatherers–but these days, our olfactory sense is good for little more than smelling hot dinner and old socks. In Judaism, however, smell is a holy experience. “What is something that the soul enjoys but […]

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