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Columns

Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah, Travel

Are you like Jacob — wrestling to understand things?

Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf by Rabbi Jessica Zimmerman Graf November 19, 2021November 18, 2021
Posted inBooks, Columns, Culture, Comics, Off the Shelf

Dig into Jerusalem’s subterranean history with new nonfiction and graphic novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 18, 2021November 23, 2021
a man in chef's whites looks over a spread of baked goods
Posted inFood, Small Bites, Columns, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

Frena bakery is reinventing itself as a three-in-one kosher hub

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 17, 2021March 15, 2022
a flowery wedding canopy at sunset by the beach
Posted inColumns, Religion, Mixed & Matched, Jewish Life

Can I have an Orthodox conversion with a non-Jewish husband?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler November 17, 2021November 17, 2021
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Torah

How to change your reality from ‘no way’ to ‘I can do this’

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg November 12, 2021November 11, 2021
Posted inFood, Books, Columns, Culture, Jewish Life, Organic Epicure

‘52 Shabbats’: Our columnist’s cookbook takes you around the world for a year of Friday night dinners

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 12, 2021March 15, 2022
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles, Uncategorized, Columns, History, Thanksgiving, Holidays, Jewish Life

Thanksgiving evolves, and my mind turns to the first Jew in the Americas

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz November 11, 2021November 11, 2021
Posted inColumns, Culture, Film, Celebrity Jews, Music, TV, TV & Film

Brian Epstein gets a statue; Omar Sharif goes to Israel; Scarlett Johansson settles with Disney; etc.

by Maya Mirsky November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
Posted inColumns, Religion, Jewish Life, Unions

Their same-sex rabbinical wedding was a historic first for the Conservative movement

Alix Wall by Alix Wall and JTA November 10, 2021
Posted inColumns, Kids & Family, Jewish Life, Parenting

As my kids get vaccinated, they wonder what’s next

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein November 8, 2021

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