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No Orthodox Jew? Come and learn, Newt. 1/xTalmud Yevamot 69bIf she is found pregnant, until the fortieth day it is mere fluid.https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1307968344750845953 Talmud Gittin 23bWhat is the reason for Rabbi

OK, people keep asking me about that NYT article where the guy is shocked to discover the fact that the war Hanukah commemorates is, like all war, full of pain

“We’re sorry that the stuff Dad said hurt you, I mean, we thought he was awesome and it’s so weird to us that he thought Hitler had the right idea,

Most of what I want to say about the NYT piece up today by the interfaith-raised author who’s now leaving Hanukkah is: @18Doors_org does amazing work around interfaith families &

This is a little memo to white folks who feel the need to tell people--particularly Black people doing the actual work on this--that "defund" is not a good or persuasive

The Sages taught: If there is plague in the city, gather your feet (aka stay home) as it's taught, “none of you shall go out of the opening of his

Ah, yes, the (white) American way: thinking of myself as an individual with rights, entitled to do whatever I want to do whenever I want to do it—not as a

Since people seem to be a little fuzzy sometimes about what Jews have been doing since, you know, the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE, a

This is a memo to white folks who have gotten activated to fight for social justice over the last four years, as part of resisting the agenda of the current

Less talk about forgiveness talk More talk about accountability and what’s required in the work of sincere repentance In Judaism, you’re not required to forgive someone who hasn’t done sincere,

"Gevalt!!! Never give up hope! There is no despair." -Rebbe Nahman of Breslov, late 18th c. UkraineA thread about this statement, during a time when a lot of us are

There is something in particular that I appreciate about this (overall pretty good) Episcopalian Bishops’ statement about protest and policing: 1/x threadhttps://episcopalchurch.org/posts/publicaffairs/episcopal-church-house-bishops-july-

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