Jewish Conversion In A Modern Age
I’m about to marry “Jewish” – should I convert? Not long ago, in 2003 to be exact, a Sex and the City episode featured an anxious Christian, Charlotte York, beginning her journey to convert to Judaism. All set to marry Harry Goldenblatt who promised his mother that...
Hava Nagila
Hava Nagila Ten Fabulous Facts for Bubbyes and Zaydes to Share Hava Nagila, a melody that originated more than 200 years ago, was born as a song without words (in Hebrew, “niggun”). During the era of forced inscription into the Czarist Russian army, young Jewish boys...
Reconstructing Judaism
Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud in Calabria Is Italy’s First Reconstructionist Synagogue Reconstructing Judaism is the brand new name given to the Jewish Reconstructionist movement, the fourth largest Jewish movement in the world, the only movement founded in the United...
What Makes Jews So Smart?
And the Answer Is… The Bar and Bat Mitzvah! “I’m pooped!” Natalie collapsed into her easy chair and fanned herself with her ever-present apron as she recounted her latest trip “up north.” “My son, he’s an editor and my daughter, she’s a...
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