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For some Orthodox converts, biggest challenges come after mikvah
There was the convert who was barred from a synagogue on Yom Kippur, the Jamaican convert whose boyfriend’s rabbi offered him a coveted synagogue honor if only he’d dump her, the grandmother who told her granddaughter she’d be going to hell because she became a Jew.
“The Pew Survey Reanalyzed: More Bad News, but a Glimmer of Hope” – A Must-Read for Liberal Jews
Vayera: The “Other”
This week’s parsha, Vayera, is filled with ethical challenges: Sodom and Gomorrah, the binding of Issac, and the departure of Hagar and Ishmael. But, at the beginning of the parsha, Sarah and Abraham welcome three unexpected strangers to their tent.
This week in Jewish Farming: First frost
Sometime in the early morning hours of Oct. 19, the temperature on the farm dipped down to 30 degrees: first frost.
At 97, Holocaust survivor and mandolin player Emily Kessler gets her Lincoln Center debut
For Emily Kessler, a Holocaust survivor, the prospect of performing at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall is less worrying than figuring out what to wear for the occasion.
Caught between gefilte fish and Campbell’s soup
I loved my Jewish mother’s cooking, but I also longed for PB&Js and Mallomars.