High Holiday Reflections 5771 Part 1

Elul which the is the month leading up to the High Holidays is (in my opinion) the juiciest and most spiritually significant part of the Jewish calendar.It is a time for pause, reflection and self-evaluation. While Pesach is about cleaning the Chametz out of our homes. Elul and the High Holidays are a time for [...]

JPS Book Sale 40% Off – 3 Days Only!

  Just found about this great offer from the fine folks at the Jewish Publication Society  and thought it might be worth mentioning here. I’d say this was a good opportunity for adding to ones home Judaica library and/or picking up a book or two to help with High Holiday preparations. The sale is only [...]

Audio: Judith Shulevitz on Making Room for Shabbat

Last night I stumbled across an interesting archived (originally aired back in March) NPR interview with author Judith Shulevitz discussing her latest book “The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time”. Up until last night I had never heard of the author or her book. However, based on the interview write-up/summary on the [...]

Grow and Behold Foods: Ethical and Kosher

I don’t typically shout out specific businesses in my posts here on the JBC.org site, but I thought this story was definitely worth making an exception. The Forward published an article about a new ethical kosher meat producer that is open for business.  The piece, written by Leah Hoenig, features the company Grow and Behold [...]

New Jerusalem Talmud

I came across an interesting website this evening and thought some of our readers might find it interesting.  Called “New Jerusalem Talmud,” the project aims to create a space where Jewish modes of argument as expressed in the Talmud are utilized to address contentious modern issues.  If you have never studied Talmud you may not [...]

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