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Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

Is There a Future for the New Jewish Culture?

The big wave of hip, innovative Jewish media seems to have washed out.

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Haviva Ner-David

My Daughter’s Period Party

My second daughter, Meira, got her period for the first time earlier this year, right before her bat mitzvah. With her older sister, Michal, we had initiated a new family ritual of a “period party” – but this time, things were different.

Angela Himsel

Israeli Ghost Stories

“I’m having a love affair,” our cousin Motti confides, “with ghosts.”

Jay Michaelson

The Hebrew Goddess: Complexity, Unity, Gender, and Society

Editor Rabbi Jill Hammer speaks with Jay Michaelson about the new Kohenet Siddur.

Mya Guarnieri

All the way to Flatbush

In this new installment of Alma’s story, Vic and Alma go to the pool.

Jay Michaelson

Judaism 2030: Visions of a Jewish Tomorrow

This past week, the Jewish Outreach Institute hosted a conference entitled “Judaism 2030: A Working Conference for a Vibrant Jewish Future and the Steps Necessary to Get Us There.”

Shaul Magid

(Re) Reading Radicalism: Reading Reviews of Arthur Green’s Radical Judaism

In Radical Judaism, Green has finally “come out” and made his case for a full-blown post-monotheistic Judaism. Radical Judaism is nothing less than a call to re-envision the Jewish God and, by extension, Jewish practice and belief.

Eitan Isaacson

Reflections After New Orleans: What Makes A Liberal?

Hands of the Heathens

Infuse Your New Year with this Pomegranate-Vodka Recipe

Try this recipe for pomegranate-infused vodka this New Year! L’Chaim!

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Andrew Ramer

Seven Days for Shavuot?

Of the three harvest festivals, Sukkot and Passover are weeklong. Why not Shavuot?