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    Essay

    Plagues and Hypothe­ses: Apply­ing Sci­ence to the Passover Story

    Jere­my Brown
    April 22, 2024
    Essay

    Why I’m Bring­ing Joseph’s Mum­my With Me This Passover

    Angela Him­sel
    April 15, 2024
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    Why Rain Comes from Above: Explo­rations in Reli­gious Imagination
    Devo­ra Steinmetz
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    The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
    Rob Kut­ner
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    The Last Words of Moses
    Micah Goodman; Ilana Kurshan, trans.
    Interview

    Ser­mons and ​‘Some­thing Pow­er­ful’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sharon Brous

    Isado­ra Kianovsky 
    January 8, 2024
    Essay

    Seraphim, Cheru­bim, and More: Mon­sters in the Bible

    Esther J. Hamori
    October 27, 2023
    Essay

    Archi­tec­ture and Judaism: Under­stand­ing Our Built World through the Ages

    Joshua Skarf
    October 6, 2023
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    I Believe: A Week­ly Read­ing of the Jew­ish Bible
    Jonathan Sacks
    Excerpt

    Excerpt: ​‘Feed­ing Women of the Tal­mud, Feed­ing Ourselves’

    Kenden Alfond
    December 12, 2022
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    Cov­er Reveal: ​‘We Need to Talk About Antisemitism’

    JBC Staff
    December 7, 2022
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    Stop Look Lis­ten: Cel­e­brat­ing Shab­bos Through a Spir­i­tu­al Lens
    Nehemia Polen
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    The Hid­den Order of Inti­ma­cy: Reflec­tions on the Book of Leviticus
    Avi­vah Got­tlieb Zornberg
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    Dirshu­ni: Con­tem­po­rary Women’s Midrash
    Tamar Biala, ed.
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    Becom­ing Eli­jah: Prophet of Transformation
    Daniel C. Matt
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