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Essay Menorah in the Mall: My Jewish Identity as a Florida Teen Brittany Ackerman June 14, 2021
Essay Sacred Pools Earlier this week, Michelle Brafman wrote about the tahara, Jewish burial rituals. She is the author of the debut novel Washing the Dead and will be blogging here all… Michelle Brafman April 29, 2015
Essay Immerse Yourself Laurel Corona is a professor of Humanities and World Religions at San Diego City College. Her newest book, The Mapmaker’s Daughter, will be published tomorrow… Laurel Corona March 3, 2014
Interview The Birth of a Book Cover: Moving Waters Posted by Naomi Firestone-TeeterEver wonder about the story behind a book’s cover? Well, we do. All the time. So, we asked Racelle Rosett, and the team behind her… Naomi Firestone-Teeter June 18, 2012
Nonfiction Taking the Plunge: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to the Mikveh Miriam C. Berkowitz
Nonfiction The House of Secrets: The Hidden World of the Mikveh Varda Polak-Sahm; Anne Hartstein Pace, trans.
