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Feb19
How Mourning Changes You
Pulling on a conversation between Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper about mourning, learn about how mourning can change you.
Feb26
How to Comfort Mourners During Shivah
What do I do when I go to a shivah? Remember that conversation should be about the deceased, not the mourners or the visitors.
May16
Creating a Sacred Physical Space
Halakhah demands that we invoke God’s name in prayer only in settings that are worthy of the sacred enterprise of prayer.
Dec26
A Conservative Jew in Jerusalem
What is it like being a Conservative Jew in Jerusalem and how do we understand the holiness of the holiest place in the world?
May24
The Importance of Community Giving
Fundamentally, Jewish law offers some clear guidelines responding to the problems of poverty, the best of which is to prevent poverty itself.
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