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May 2008  (17)

• 15: Video: Does God Exist - A debate between Rabbi David Wolpe and Sam Harris (0)
• 14: Don’t Worry. Be Israeli! (6)
• 14: Video: Jerusalem "Within These Walls" (0)
• 13: The Bones of Our Past (4)
• 13: Rabbinic Authority and the Convert (4)
• 11: The Spiritual Marketplace (4)
• 10: First Abayudaya Ugandan to Become a Rabbi (2)
• 10: The Center for Online Judaic Studies - 25 FREE sites Launched to Celebrate Israel’s 60th (0)
• 07: There are many styles of frumness. (1)
• 07: She’s a convert. She’s a woman . She’s African American, and she will be a rabbi… (4)
• 06: Brief thoughts on קדושים (5)
• 05: Reform Jews open Israel’s first state-funded non-Orthodox synagogue (9)
• 04: The Un-Jewing of Orthodox Converts in Israel (25)
• 04: Commemoration (5)
• 02: Books, Books, Books! We’ve Got Books! (3)
• 02: Remember to Remember (1)
• 01: The Diaspora’s Diaspora, and Earning the Burn: Lessons in the Necessity of Pacing Yourself (6)

April 2008  (28)

• 30: FYI: Our Very Own ChaviJo Is “Almost Famous”! (5)
• 26: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Israel’s 60th anniversary: the CD (1)
• 26: You Shall be Holy — To the Best of Your Ability (6)
• 24: Pesach, in Chavi’s World (0)
• 24: Vid: Cleaning Your Inner Chametz With Rabbi Simon Jacobson (0)
• 22: Tied Up In Knots (1)
• 17: Passover Questions? Need to Know how to Clean? Need a Resource? Keep Reading! (0)
• 17: Audio: Chancellor Arnold Eisen Discusses Passover & the Next Generation (0)
• 16: I’ll Be Eating Kitniyot This Year & I’m Glad!!! (9)
• 15: Mitzvah, Minhag, the Difference, and Jewish Unity (0)
• 15: My Seder and Me (0)
• 15: Embracing Our Inner Reverend Wright (0)
• 14: The "List" (2)
• 14: Abuse: Two Jewish responses (2)
• 12: Jew vs. Jew and the Ethics of Speech (4)
• 11: We ‘Really’ Want Your Feedback - So Please Take a Minute (10)
• 11: Don’t Forget About Jewish Summer Camp (It’s Sooner Than You Think) (4)
• 10: The Destruction of Jewish Identity is Bad for the Jews (11)
• 08: What Israel and the Diaspora need… (6)
• 08: The Loss of a Real Mensch, and a Final Lesson  (7)
• 08: Yet Another News Story On the New Reform Siddur (4)
• 07: Why God Sent the Jews to Buddhism (1)
• 07: The Rabbi and the Rav: a reponse (3)
• 04: Reb Zalman on Freeing Your Seder (0)
• 04: Pesach is coming! Some seder planning ideas… (9)
• 02: Daily Tehillim (2)
• 02: Audio: Rabbi David Cooper on G-D Being a Verb! (0)
• 01: A Word to Christian Readers (12)

March 2008  (32)

• 31: Get Your Free Passover Haggadot (4)
• 31: An Unorthodox Orthodox Jew (10)
• 29: Truth Holders v. Truth Seekers (10)
• 27: Three Inspiring Gerim: Rabbi Asher Wade, Gavriel Sanders, and Yisrael Campbell (12)
• 27: Let’s Go Kosher!!! Let’s Go Primal!!! (2)
• 25: An Orthodox Rabbi Calls It As He See’s It & He See’s It The Way I do! (6)
• 24: Rabbi Dr. Raymond Scheindlin: One of my Favorite Teachers (3)
• 24: LGBT Synagogues (6)
• 24: An International Portal — For All Things Jewish! (1)
• 23: Jews By Choice, According to Schvach (2)
• 23: Updated: Don’t Forget To Checkout Our Discussion Forum! (0)
• 23: Dude! Where’s My Seder? (3)
• 20: J-Quote: Mordecai Kaplan on "The Implications of Believing in G-D" (2)
• 19: Adopting a New Religion, Keeping Old Friends (7)
• 18: Finding the Kavanah (3)
• 17: Reb Zalman On Judaism As A Tree And Modernity As The Outer Ring - What Does it Mean As a JBC? (3)
• 17: An In-the-News Potpourri (9)
• 14: שבת זכור - Shabbat of Remembrance, Amalek, and Why it’s Not What You Think (6)
• 14: A Banned Book That Brings a Vanished World to Life (2)
• 13: Rabbi Ginsburg’s “Ask The Rabbi # 12” is up! (0)
• 13: The Polish Esther (0)
• 11: Offensive Comments (do not equal) Jokes (3)
• 10: Learning About The Jewish Scribal Arts (4)
• 10: Go on, Prove it. (8)
• 09: Return to the Jewish Mission (4)
• 07: Welcome to the Hunted (3)
• 07: Lots and Groggers (5)
• 06: Liar, Liar, Robe on Fire (0)
• 06: Welcoming Reform Jews Into Israel! (0)
• 05: On Sgulot  (1)
• 03: Sometimes Less is More: Rabbi Arthur Green on Observance (10)
• 02: Keep Not Silent (2)

February 2008  (39)

• 29: Okay So The Discussion Forum Is Back! (2)
• 29: Let’s Welcome Our Newest Contributor Rachel-Esther (5)
• 29: Israel-US conversion authority crisis resolved? (6)
• 28: Video: The Israeli Masorti Movement at 30 (2)
• 28: {Jewish} Music and Prayer (9)
• 27: Jewish Learning Comes in the Most Unexpected Ways Sometimes (1)
• 26: Torah, Commentaries, and Gender (0)
• 25: The Volatile Religious Marketplace in the U.S. (5)
• 25: So, What, Exactly, is a “Religious” Jew? (1)
• 24: Feminism and Orthodoxy: Clash or Compatibility? (5)
• 23: Video: Jewish Identity Online - A Panel Discussion (1)
• 23: When Jews Become the Cool Kids (4)
• 22: Some Pre-Shabbos JBC.Org News! (2)
• 22: The J-Post on “Building a Shared Jewish Culture” (5)
• 21: Kashrut, Animal Cruelty, and Vegetarianism (10)
• 21: So What The Heck Is "Kosher Style" Anyways? (10)
• 20: I’m a Conservative Jew! Oy, I Can Actually Say That Now!!! (5)
• 20: Help for a Friend Who’s Leaving the Tent (10)
• 19: Lonely Man of Faith and Community (2)
• 18: An Orthodox Conversion Story: The Plunge and Journey’s End (Part III) (5)
• 16: An Orthodox Conversion Story: The Decision (Part II) (0)
• 15: About a ring (1)
• 15: Audio: No More Taking Sides (Israel/Palestine) (9)
• 15: Australian Jews Do Us Proud (5)
• 14: The Masorti Movement Hopes to Expand Israel’s Religious Horizon (7)
• 13: Video: The Vanishing American Jew - Circa 1997 (3)
• 13: “We are here because we institutionalized creativity.” (2)
• 12: Convert Instantly With Jewish Conversion Spray (9)
• 12: FYI: Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning Podcast’s (4)
• 12: An Orthodox Conversion Story: The Yearning (Part I) (8)
• 11: Introducing Our Newest Contributor - Shimshonit (0)
• 10: Reflections on Shacharit #3: Thanking G-d for Almost Everything Else… (1)
• 08: FYI: The Reconstructionist Journal Is Available Online (0)
• 06: T’Rumah — תרומה (5)
• 04: Hekshered Beer that Actually Tastes Good? Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach! (14)
• 04: Video - A Sacred Duty (1)
• 03: Heschel and Faith (7)
• 02: Observing Observance: A Surprising Reality Check (5)
• 01: Our Very Own David Gottlieb Becomes a Zeekster! (1)

January 2008  (32)

• 31: Rabbi Ginsburg’s Ask The Rabbi # 11 - Shabbat, Mamzer, Conversion, Slaves and Fish (2)
• 30: Being Jewish is Expensive. Exhibit A: My Tefillin (6)
• 30: Let’s Welcome Two New Contributors to JBC.org (10)
• 28: Avi’s Third Bris…OH MY! (10)
• 27: Audio: BBC Radio Does a Whole lot of Jewish (1)
• 27: Haveil Havalim #151- The P.S.D. Edition - Check it out (0)
• 27: Audio: Foreskin’s Lament: A Memoir (0)
• 24: Non-Orthodox News Round Up - The Israeli Edition (10)
• 24: Audio: Heschel and Martin Luther King - Better late Than Never (0)
• 23: Video: The Future of American Judaism - Jonathan Sarna (7)
• 20: Tu b’Shevat - The New Year of the Trees (9)
• 20: Haveil Havalim # 150 Is Now Online & We Be In It! (1)
• 18: Beshalach and the Path of Conversion (3)
• 18: Guest Post: Some Thoughts on Emet Ve’Emunah From a Non-Jew (7)
• 15: Yet Another Jewish Magazine, Brought to You by Your’s Truly  (2)
• 15: Audio: A Crash Course In Jewish World History (5)
• 14: Reflections on Shacharit #2: Thanking G-d for Human Life (2)
• 14: New Online Resource for Exploring Ancient Texts (1)
• 13: We Bid a Fond Farewell to Yankel Kvetch (2)
• 12: How Do You "Do" Shabbat? (17)
• 11: Rabbi David Hartman (Orthodox) Launches Program To Begin Ordaining Women (8)
• 10: G-d Hates Feygeles - That’s The Real Meaning of Hanukkah? (14)
• 09: Moshiach, the Rebbe, and Conversion in Israel (9)
• 09: This Months Ask Rabbi Ginsburg Video On: Tzineus (Jewish Modesty) Traditions and Laws  (0)
• 08: Reform Jews called back to the Sabbath - Updated (10)
• 06: This Wednesday PBS Begins Airing a Three Part Series On - The Jewish Americans (5)
• 04: Va’Eira: Did Pharaoh get a bum deal? (0)
• 04: Just a quick post to point out the obvious - Updated! (0)
• 04: Jerusalem doesn’t make sense (2)
• 02: Reflections on Shacharit #1: Shlepping Yourself Out of Bed. (10)
• 02: Reflections on the Morning Prayers (Shacharit): Introduction (0)
• 01: Zeek Looks at Independent Minyanim - Past & Present (2)

December 2007  (19)

• 31: In the News: "Men Only" Reformers & Conservative Judaism Should Equal "Jewish Living" (0)
• 29: Two Jewish Magazines, One New…One a Classic (3)
• 28: Let’s Talk about Kippot With Michele Holtz & Cantor Leigh Korn (0)
• 27: Me and Christmas (7)
• 27: A Faithful Jewish Agnostic Speaks Her Truth (0)
• 24: Jewish (Not So Nice) Views of Jesus & Christmas - Cuz it’s His Special Day Tomorrow (24)
• 24: Audio: ABC Radio Talks Hasidic Tales (0)
• 23: To Talit…Or Not to Talit…That is the Question (2)
• 23: If you Asketh The Rabbi, He shall Telleth You (3)
• 22: Why I’m (Still) Not An Orthodox Jew (4)
• 14: Video: Ask The Rabbi Dec 9, 2007  (0)
• 10: A Reader’s Question On Clothing Related Mitzvot (21)
• 08: On The Prophets and Intermarriage (1)
• 05: When Worlds Collide: Transitioning (12)
• 05: Chanukah Reflections On Doing Jewish In Colorado (2)
• 05: Two New Reform Studies Highlight Commitments & Disconnects Within the Movement (3)
• 04: To Light! (1)
• 03: Hanukkah, Light, and Adaptation (1)
• 02: Judaism without Synagogues (6)

November 2007  (21)

• 29: I Just Want to Be an Observant Jew - Updated (42)
• 28: If I forget you, O Jerusalem… (12)
• 28: Living Within Two Worlds (7)
• 27: My Little Shul Part Three: The Baal Chesed (3)
• 27: Riddle me this, Kosher me that. (14)
• 22: Reconstructing Thanksgiving (5)
• 20: The Beinoni: A Central Concept in Tanya (4)
• 18: The Best Darn Kabbalah Documentary I’ve Ever Seen! (3)
• 14: ‘Tis the Season! (8)
• 13: A Couple Of Teffilin Videos (2)
• 12: Tefillin - The Breakfast of Champions (21)
• 12: Who Is a Jew: Book Review & Rant! (0)
• 12: New(ish) Blogger (4)
• 10: The Synagogue that Wasn’t. (21)
• 09: Proselytizing? Promoting? Oy vey. (4)
• 07: Orthodox vs Orthodox on the Issue of Conversion (5)
• 05: Kosher Evangelism & Who is a Jew? (8)
• 04: “Jewgenics”: Jewish genes, Jewish values and Jewish mortality (1)
• 02: Wow! One Month Of JewsByChoice.Org (2)
• 01: No Pain, No Gain: Becoming a Jew and Personal Loss (18)
• 01: Ethics In Kashrut & The Greening of Sacred Space (12)

October 2007  (25)

• 30: My Little Shul – Part 2 (5)
• 30: Reflections on Joining The Tribe (11)
• 29: Reform Magazine - The Outreach Revolution (7)
• 28: Jewish Reading  (4)
• 26: The Community that said "NO" to Converts. (6)
• 25: Jewish Ritual on the Rise in America (11)
• 25: The Book of Ruth: Why Converts are Essential to Judaism  (6)
• 24: Yankel’s Book Club (6)
• 21: Why I Am Not a Reform Jew - Even if I Get the Magazine… (28)
• 21: My Little Shul - Part 1 (23)
• 21: The Hidden Jews by Choice of Mizoram India (6)
• 20: Lekh L’kha! — Some Torah Comments from Chavi, the Amateur Torah Scholar (13)
• 19: Shabbat Shalom & Check out the New Digs! (2)
• 19: Rabbi Nina Mizrahi on Abraham and Spiritual Intelligence  (6)
• 17: Unravelling the Scrolls (3)
• 15: Another Woman’s Perspective… (2)
• 14: How I Stopped Being a Jew for 49 Minutes this Shabbos (12)
• 12: Shabbat Shalom!!! (1)
• 11: What’s in a Name? … for a Jew. (25)
• 11: Big Tent Judaism - There’s Room For everyone! (3)
• 10: Jews by Birth…by Choice…One thing We do Have in Common (1)
• 08: High Holiday Reflections - Tashlich (3)
• 06: Ani Yehudi - I am a Jew (8)
• 04: How I re-became a Jew (3)
• 03: How I Became a Jew (2)

September 2007  (1)

• 18: Welcome To The Site

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