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On being a badass and a balaboosta at the same time
Inside the kitchen of Israeli chef Einat Admony
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How a Forward journalist came to hold a piece of Albert Einstein’s brain
Plus, what wine you should drink on Rosh Hashanah and more
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Wow, please, thank you: How I learned to pray on a walk in the woods
'I think prayer done right is not a head exercise,“ the rabbi said. 'It's a heart exercise.‘
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‘Are we going to be a moral country?’ A reporter reflects upon returning from Israel
Our reporter Mira Fox weighs in after 10 days reporting on protests in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Israel's far north
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What I learned about Georgian cooking from a guy I met at church
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18 of our best stories in 2023 (so far) and the culture war next door
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This rabbi felt he could no longer recite the Prayer for Israel. So he rewrote it.
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky's new prayer adds 29 words, cuts others and includes a quote from Israel's Declaration of Independence
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I said ‘Hineini’ to jury duty, without leaving home
Jury duty is about showing up — shouting, “Hineini,” “here I am,” ready to do what it takes to make the world a better place
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When you don’t have to scramble to make a minyan — or breakfast
“You come for a reason, and then you stay,” said Rita Gann, one among a handful of volunteers keeping breakfast and kaddish going at Temple Emanuel
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Meet the ‘Top Chef’ contestant who made matzo balls famous in Kentucky
“I think the strongest part of my identity is Jewish,” Sara Bradley, 41, said
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