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What do you do when you need a minyan and you’re in a remote Alaskan village, with no other Jews? This might not seem like the most obvious premise of a prime-time sitcom episode, but in 1993 it was the setup for a surprisingly moving episode of Northern Exposure called “Kaddish for Uncle Manny.” (In Spanish…and […]

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  On Simchat Torah, Jewish communities across the world will take to the streets and the synagogue social halls to dance circles around the Torah for the holiday. But long before this 15th-century custom began, Jewish mysticism encouraged a very different kind of circling: circling around a corpse, to ward off evil spirits. The kabbalists, […]

When it comes to bagels, it’s a given that an old-school handmade bagel is going to taste way better than a mass-produced one bought at a supermarket. But rolling and shaping the dough before boiling it in water and then baking it is a real chore. (Ref: this Seinfeld episode.) That’s why Daniel Thompson, who […]

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