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A 16th-Century Handbook for Jewish Women
And what it tells us about the lives of ordinary Jews.
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Religion & Holidays
Latest Mosaic Content for Religion & Holidays
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The Place of Natural Law in Jewish Thought
It goes back to Genesis.
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A Closer Look at Judaism and Capital Punishment
And why repentance provides no out.
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Podcast: Leon Kass on How Exodus Created the Jewish National Narrative
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Leon R. KassCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Which Sea Did the Israelites Cross?
By PhilologosCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Podcast: Dara Horn on Her New Graphic Novel
By Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic, Dara HornCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Memories of Seders Past
“Is it any wonder that I sometimes think Passover was created for my sake?”
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A Jewish Approach to Reining in Artificial Intelligence
The golem of Rehovot and its descendants.
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Podcast: Ross Douthat and Meir Soloveichik on the State of American Belief
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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How “Kratsmakh” Became the Yiddish Word for Christmas
By PhilologosCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Watch or Read Meir Soloveichik and Joseph Dweck Discuss the Worlds and Moods of Ashkenaz and Sepharad
By Meir Soloveichik, Joseph Dweck, Jonathan SilverThe Jewish world is dynamic and diverse, and prayers, ceremonies, foods, and other traditions often diverge radically between different Jewish groups. In his feature essay this month, Rabbi Meir Sol...
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Who Is the “Little Sister” of a Medieval Rosh Hashanah Prayer?
By PhilologosCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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A Veteran Educator Comments on the Transformation of American Orthodoxy
An interview with Yosef Blau.
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For the Rabbis, There Was No Limit to the Honor Due One’s Parents
Old age and the Fifth Commandment.
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Repentance, Rabbinic Courts, and Earl Warren
The Talmud lecture that contributed to the Miranda ruling.
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The Four Editions of the Haggadah That Shaped the Way Jews Visualize the Seder
Michelangelo’s Jeremiah and Abraham in a gondola.
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Two Jewish Soldiers, Killed in World War I, Finally Get Stars of David on Their Tombstones
Adolph Hanf and David Moser, of blessed memory.
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Why Haggadahs Have Pictures of Rabbit Hunts
An acronym, a pun, and a people’s history.
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Anti-Zionist Jews Reject Jewish Peoplehood and Survival
Not an argument for the sake of heaven.
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When God Pours Out His Wrath at the Seder
Real and fake controversy about a powerful prayer.
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Passover and the Challenge of Faith
“We did not begin a journey out of bondage and leap directly into faithful practice, but rather stumbled, complained, and goofed up.”
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Why the Talmud Considers Public Shaming Worse Than Adultery and Akin to Murder
The image of God.
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When It Comes to Apostasy, America Is Somewhere in the Middle
Around the world, most people who lose their old faith don’t replace it with a new one.
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The Origins of “Dayenu” as an Answer to Pharoah
A new theory about the meaning of Passover’s most popular song.
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The Timeless Jewish Tunes That Turn Out to Be Quite Recent
Israel and Samuel Goldfarb composed Shalom Aleikhem in 1918.
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Moses as Statesman and Lawgiver
A Platonic look at the Torah’s human hero.
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The Origins and Meaning of Shabbat
Israel’s day of light and joy.
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Podcast: Mark Gottlieb and Anna Moreland on Judaism, Christianity, and Forgiveness
By Tikvah Podcast at MosaicCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Heroes of the Bible Were Flawed—And That’s Nothing to Be Ashamed of
How should we relate to figures in the Bible?
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Catholics and Jews Need to Stand Together against Common Threats
Why the Church must fight anti-Semitism.