Amanda Botfeld is a research associate at The Israel Project. Her work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and Los Angeles Times.
Amanda Botfeld
By Amanda Botfeld
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Community Are Jews Less Likely To Be Alcoholics?
An earlier version of this post appeared in the Leviathan Jewish Journal, December 2015. The Magen David, or the Jewish star, used to be known as something else: The “brewer’s star.” As early as the 14th century, the six-pointed star was stamped on the bottom of beer barrels by the European brewers’ guild. Its purpose…
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Community Older Jews Say Culture, Not Torah, Defines Judaism — Younger Jews Say Otherwise.
Back when I was serving as editor of my college Jewish newspaper, one of our staff members wrote an article about making the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPI) Jewish fraternity more Jewish – namely through increased religious observance. Frat brothers celebrating Jewish holidays, attending Shabbat services, and wrapping tefillin were the obvious ways by which to…
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