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We Read The Guide Fueling Ultra-Orthodox Fears Of Pig Blood In Measles Vaccines
The guide says that vaccines can contain blood and organs from unkosher animals like pigs, horses, dogs and monkeys.
This Passover, Please Let Elijah Not Be An Axe Murderer
My Dad says I am being dramatic. I say, when you’re washing my blood off the steps, you’ll be sorry.
Conservative Rabbis Can Get Kicked Out For Breaking These Four Rules
The four Standards of Practice help define the dividing line between Conservative and Reform Judaism.
I Let My Rabbi Mom Control My Dating Apps
“I’d done what the Talmud says is the worst thing you can do to other people.”
‘My Dark Secret’: Orthodox Women Reveal Their Abortion Stories
“I couldn’t tell anyone.”
The Jews Who Ignore Immigrants While Employing Them
Around the Shabbat table, they talk about the dangers of open borders. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, a woman silently washes dishes…
Slaves In Egypt, Refugees In America: An Exodus Story In 8 Chapters
Seventy-five years is a long time to wait before following up on a story. And yet, the stories of those refugee Seder children from 1943 endure.
The Complicated Relationship Between Jews And Tattoos
How Peter Trachtenberg’s decision to get a tattoo indelibly changed his worldview and interpersonal relationships.
Shabbat Dinner Helped Turn Around This Ex-White Supremacist
How does one of the country’s leading white nationalists become a liberal backer of racial equality? Shabbat dinner.
The ‘Shidduch Crisis’ Has Led to an Orthodox Obsession with Female Beauty
As a married woman, I get to see the other side of the Orthodox dating world: that of the matchmaker.