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LATEST ARTICLES: JEWISH HISTORY
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Incense
The smells of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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Ezekiel in Iran
A synagogue in today's Jerusalem bears the name Hajji Yehezkel.
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Iraqi Jews
The Iraqi Jewish Archive, as it became known, is both proud and pitiful.
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Moritz Steinschneider
A master of the book.
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Was Lenin Jewish?
Exploring the ancestry of the mastermind of the Bolshevik revolution.
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The Command to Forget
Deuteronomy 24 19....
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Shabbat Recipe Roundup: Labor Day Edition!
Its finally here, the last Shabbat of the Summer season and Labor Day weekend....
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It Takes a Community: Katrina, Recovery, Resilience
Hurricane Katrina (and the man-made disaster of the levee breaks) struck Louisiana and Mississippi seven years ago today, with devastating effects......
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Remembering the Camondos
Now that I live part-time in Paris, I explore the city’s complex and sometimes disturbing relationship to toward its Jewish citizens—which given my ow......
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Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Steve Greenberg
As someone who is involved in Jewish LGBT work, I am often surprised people tell me that they had no idea that we Jews have que......