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How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
The shofar is used on many different occasions in the Bible. But today, for many Jews, it is most associated with the High ...
Liber de Mundo, an astronomical work of Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), rendered into Latin via its Hebrew intermediary. Epistolæ Expeditionis, a translation of the valedictory letter of Ibn Bājja (Avempace ...
The Jewish tradition of debate is at the center of a new chamber opera about two scholars clashing over a Yiddish dictionary ...
As Jews gather for Rosh Hashanah, one of the most visible rituals of the High Holy Days takes place not in the synagogue, but ...
Whatever Tashlich’s true origin, perhaps it was inevitable that we mark Rosh Hashanah by assembling next to water.
Rosie O'Donnell is never one to hold back. In an Aug. 19 Instagram post, she called out fellow TV icon Jay Leno for a mean-spirited 2009 segment from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," which was ...
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Yiddish offers a moral vocabulary for our times
(RNS) — Forget about shpilkes and shlepping. Yiddish contains moral weight. (RNS) — A few days ago, I found myself watching old clips from “Saturday Night Live.” One of my favorites is Mike Myers as ...
The earliest instances of Lavi as a first name that I know about are all found in the halachic responsa of the Algerian Sage Rabbi Yitzchak bar Sheshet (1326–1408), also known as the Rivash.
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