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Pekudei: The Completed Work
At the conclusion of the Book of Exodus, the Tabernacle reminds us that holiness requires both building and stopping.
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A Brief History of Rationality, from the Biblical Age to Now
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A Brief History of Shabbos, From the Biblical Age to Now
The Sabbath was a concept even before it was given as an official commandment, and it has been a pillar of the Jewish People for all time.
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Can Jew vs. Jew Ever Become Jew With Jew?
To learn more about the ideas that fuel Jewish controversies, let us learn more about Jewish ideas and people, and hope to become more understanding people.
This Yom Kippur, Consider the Caterpillar
The caterpillar is a creature on the cusp of ever-present change, and perhaps can teach us a lesson about ourselves as well.
Jewish Community as Home
God can be found in the home and the synagogue, in the individual and the institution, in the Jew—with or without community.
Two Jews, Three Opinions? Sounds Like Heteroglossia
With the advent of the Internet, a larger, multi-faceted dialogue has opened up, allowing people of all opinions the ability to share their thoughts.
‘Out of the Wonder We Came’: Reflections on Jewish Peoplehood
This Weekend Reader highlights some of the great Jewish thinkers from past and present to better understand this weighty question.
What Tribes Do You Contain Inside?
Jewish identity is made up of both individual and communal roles, and the dynamics of each must healthily work together to create it.
What Jewish Peoplehood Means to Me
The connections and collectiveness of the Jewish People become clearer when we break down the barriers that we think divide us.
What Is Jewish Peoplehood, and Why Should We Care?
What constitutes Jewish peoplehood? Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel opined that “to be a Jew is to be committed to the experience of great ideas.”
The Dance of Torah: Closing Thoughts on Biblical Criticism
Everyone approaches faith and its questions from different places of their personal past, but maybe the truth of Torah is dancing in the middle of it all.
Where Are the Lines?
Online discourse has changed the way we discuss religion and it has changed the authority with which we draw communal lines and boundaries.
How to Live with Messiness: Joshua Berman on Biblical Criticism
The Bible is a complicated work, and learning to live in humility with its complications can elevate all that study it.What Should We Believe About Torah?
Dr. Joshua Berman did not grow up in an observant Jewish home—he chose it. His approach to Judaism combines being an insider-outsider, as well as a scholar.