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So begins “The Song of the Red Cow,” one of 54 strange and delightful Torah commentaries in Unscrolled, a motley collection of essays, memoirs, cartoons, and shticks. Each is as unique as the poor red heifer, who we come to see as young, beautiful, unblemished…and tragically doomed. Unorthodox? For sure, in both senses of the word. No straight commentary […]

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The story of American Jews helping Southern blacks is well known. But the story of Southern blacks helping oppressed German Jews is not. As Nazism swept Germany in the 1930s, Jewish intellectuals fled to the United States, seeking new opportunities. Instead, they discovered closed doors at many American colleges, where anti-Semitism was rampant. Fortunately, these refugee scholars […]

Well, The Jewniverse is off again for Sukkot. That’s right, we’ve got another Jewish holiday starting tonight! This time, it’s Sukkot, a 7 day festival in which we sit and eat (and weather-dependent, sleep) in temporary booths, shake 4 species of plants and a citron, and welcome biblical ancestors into our dwellings. Questions? Get all your […]

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