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When Lincoln Died on Passover
Seeing Lincoln's death through Jewish eyes.
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Why Jews Used to Eat Dried Carob on Tu b’Shvat
Bokser smells like Limburger cheese. It’s also an embodiment of Jewish vitality and endurance.
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Gil Marks and the Holy Stomach
To understand Jewish food is to understand Judaism itself.
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The Temple Mount: In Whose Hands?
The reason Jews can’t pray at Judaism’s holiest site.
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God Delivered the Pilgrims—and My People
Thanksgiving always had particular resonance for one group of religious freedom-seekers.
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God’s Providence and the United States
A Thanksgiving reader on Judaism, Thanksgiving, and the American idea.
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The Decalogue and the Identity of God
Few non-rabbinic Jews approach the the Bible with such reverence.
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Blessed Unions
What the traditional Jewish wedding tells us about the American Founding.
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Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State
Has the Obama administration infringed on freedom of religion and freedom of conscience?…
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The Universalism of Particularity
Defending the genius of Modern Orthodoxy.