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Passover the Healthy Way: Easier Said Than Done
Let me preface this review by giving points for degree of difficulty. Cooking anything for Passover, let alone something healthy, is as hard as herding...
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Book Review: The Complete International Jewish Cookbook by Evelyn Rose
When I was in my mid-twenties, my mother sent me a handwritten note which said the following: “Molly, please learn how to make brisket and...
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Religion and Reason: Do They Mix? A Heretic’s Review of “Judaism: Religion of Reason” by Rabbi Moshe Ben-Chaim
As a liberally-educated, non-believing Jew, I always find it both intimidating and obnoxious when religious folk seek to stake an exclusive claim on reasonableness. It’s...
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Judaism & Spirituality
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Where Justice Dwells: A Hands-On Guide to Doing Social Justice in your Jewish Community
If you are Jewish, if you are politically aware, and if you want to do something real, read this book. Rabbi Jill Jacobs is brilliant...
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Social Activism
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Talk Therapy with the Sages: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Jewish Tradition
The neurotic Jew on the psychiatrist’s couch is a staple of popular culture (see Portnoy’s Complaint or Woody Allen, the collected works of). More somberly,...
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Arts & Culture
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Book Review: Queering the Text
Whether you identify as LGBT or not, if you live in this century you're aware of LGBT issues. From pride parades to gay marriage, queer...
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Book Review: Broken Birds
We all have crazy families. We don’t all have to write 400 page books about them. In Broken Birds: the Story of my Momila, Jeannette...
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Book Review:God's To-Do List: 103 Ways to Be an Angel and Do God's Work on Earth
If there weren’t any consequences for being bad, why would any of us be good? It’s a question that I always ask my students. As...
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Judaism & Spirituality
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Book Review: Empowered Judaism
If you’re at all interested in Jewish life these days, you might have found yourself pondering one of two questions recently. If you’re not all...
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20s & 30s
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Book Review: Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult’s Guide to Building a Jewish Life
“Are you ready to be serious?” About halfway through Tough Questions Jews Ask, Rabbi Edward Feinstein tells a story about a man he met at...
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Kids & Parenting
