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Rituals for Passover

Rituals for Passover

Passover, also known as Pesach, is one of the most important of the Jewish holidays. Some even assert that it is the most important. While there is no consensus on...

Rituals for Passover

Passover, also known as Pesach, is one of the most important of the Jewish holidays. Some even assert that it is the most important. While there is no consensus on...

Goblins, Jews, and Antisemitism

Goblins, Jews, and Antisemitism

Content warning: extreme antisemitism, ableism, transphobia, homophobia Conversations on the Internet can have a frustrating undercurrent; what may start as a simple statement can undergo a transformation in responses so...

Goblins, Jews, and Antisemitism

Content warning: extreme antisemitism, ableism, transphobia, homophobia Conversations on the Internet can have a frustrating undercurrent; what may start as a simple statement can undergo a transformation in responses so...

Crystals and Precious Stones in Judaism

Crystals and Precious Stones in Judaism

For those seeking spirituality, crystals have become almost synonymous with mystical wisdom, but almost exclusively through New Age lenses. The New Age amoeba functions through appropriation and assimilation into itself:...

Crystals and Precious Stones in Judaism

For those seeking spirituality, crystals have become almost synonymous with mystical wisdom, but almost exclusively through New Age lenses. The New Age amoeba functions through appropriation and assimilation into itself:...

The Diminishing of Channukah

The Diminishing of Channukah

Every year, the Jewish community comes out to do its favorite thing: debate. Like all good Jewish debates, it is, at its core, good-natured. It worries for our future, rages...

The Diminishing of Channukah

Every year, the Jewish community comes out to do its favorite thing: debate. Like all good Jewish debates, it is, at its core, good-natured. It worries for our future, rages...

Rituals for Channukah

Rituals for Channukah

As we approach the winter solstice, so do we approach the holiday of Channukah, whose English spelling is contentious. You may also see it spelled: Hannukah, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, or...

Rituals for Channukah

As we approach the winter solstice, so do we approach the holiday of Channukah, whose English spelling is contentious. You may also see it spelled: Hannukah, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, or...

Blood Libel

Blood Libel

The witch of stories told to taunt sweet-cheeked children is that of a crone; haggard and hooked-nosed, a crone who will drink of their blood, turn their bodies to a...

Blood Libel

The witch of stories told to taunt sweet-cheeked children is that of a crone; haggard and hooked-nosed, a crone who will drink of their blood, turn their bodies to a...