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JEWISH LIFE

Jewish customs and laws affect all areas of day-to-day life, from education to parenting to sex. Jewish tradition has always provided scripts for major lifecycle events like baby namings and funerals, but many of these have been reconceived in modern times.

LATEST ARTICLES: JEWISH LIFE

  • Gift Guide

    What to get for the bar or bat mitzvah kid in your life.

  • Denominations

    An evolving response.

  • Is Parenting Good for You?

    A Jewish guide to parenting without pain...or, without a lot of pain.

  • Mixed Dancing

    Jewish men and women didn't always dance together. Some of them still don't.

  • Ending Shiva

    Getting up and walking around the block marks the end of a week of mourning.

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