“Talking about the non-halakhic aspects of Taharat HaMishpacha should be another part of the healthy marriage toolkit”
No new bride should ever have to feel isolated and scared because of the...
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“The attempt to locate menstruation in the mythical beginnings of humankind is…a peculiarly Babylonian development”
In contemporary English slang, menstruation is sometimes referred to as “The Curse.” Interestingly, the...
“You can’t ignore the Internet…It’s where millennials are living their Judaism”
“You can’t ignore the Internet,” Mejia said. “It’s where millennials are living...
“Tikkun olam starts at home, beginning with seeking to overcome the alienation and sinat chinam (causeless hatred) from within”
Perhaps during the period before and during Tisha b’Av, and extending into the High...
“The Pew data are best seen as a starting point for future research, as they raise a host of interesting questions” for the Jewish community
The Pew data are best seen as a starting point for future research, as...
“If people ask questions of their lawyers and accountants electronically, why not their rabbis?”
A new generation has arisen that communicates primarily electronically. If people ask questions of...
“It is clear that people, Jews included, do care about research. It provokes their thinking and reflection”
It is clear that people, Jews included, do care about research. It provokes their...
“Am Hanivchar means that we were chosen to engage in a mission”
My peers and their parents assumed that the term “Chosen People” meant that Jews...
Considering what makes up the “Jewish civil religion”
The Jewish civil religion entails transnational Jewish solidarity and the sense of belonging to...
“The Jewish nation experienced collective pain this summer”
The Jewish nation experienced collective pain this summer, as Jews around the world rallied...