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• Torah Study
• Israelis in Captivity
• My First Camp Shabbat
• The (non-)Future of Yiddish
• Zoo Torah and Conversations with My Kids about G-d and Science
• A Jew with Tattoos (a post by Mark)
• El Paso Holocaust Museum
• Shabbat Kit To Go…and Other Cool Stuff
• Video: Darby Leigh On Being Deaf & A Rabbi
• More on Jews and Gender!

• I Just Want to Be an Observant Jew - Updated
• Why I Am Not a Reform Jew - Even if I Get the Magazine...
• Tefillin - The Breakfast of Champions
• The Un-Jewing of Orthodox Converts in Israel
• What's in a Name? ... for a Jew.
• The Synagogue that Wasn't.
• Jewish (Not So Nice) Views of Jesus & Christmas - Cuz it's His Special Day Tomorrow
• My Little Shul - Part 1
• Bayit Shlishi: The Challenge of the Third Temple
• A Reader's Question On Clothing Related Mitzvot

• Torah Study (2)
  • Avi aka TG: I agree with Chavi this is a great post and what a list of links, Awesome! I will be...
  • Chavi: Great post with some great resources! My site to go to is actually meant for b’na i...


• Zoo Torah and Conversations with My Kids about G-d and Science (6)
  • Avi aka TG: I stand corrected he apparently follows Orthodox Judaism
    60; A man of many...
  • Avi aka TG: Yair, interestin g post. This is all a non-issue to me because I was never raised in...
  • Yair: Hi Rivkah, It’s always nice to meet another evangelica l in recovery ;-)! I hope that...
  • Rivkah: I was also raised in an evangelica l household by “you ng earth̶ 1; creatio...
  • Yair: Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your comments above (and for the Mazal!), I enjoyed reading them. I...


• A Jew with Tattoos (a post by Mark) (17)
  • Avi aka TG: Hi Mark I’m not sure why I didn’t think of this beforehand but you could always...
  • Mark: Hi Avi, What you had to say made perfect sense. I guess part of my issue is that I DO at...
  • Avi aka TG: Ok so it took me a while to get back to this but here are a few of my thoughts on the...
  • Mark: Yair- I completely understand ! Thank you for the kind words. Aletheia- I most definit...
  • Aletheia: Hi Mark, Your post was fantastic. Just to give you a little background on me . . . I...


• The (non-)Future of Yiddish (7)
  • Mottel: I stop by from time to time, mainly to check up on my friend TikkunGer, but often...
  • Shimshonit: Yair, I’ve also heard that Yemenite Hebrew is supposed to be closer to biblical...
  • Mottel: While Yiddish use is weak amongst Israels (even amongst many Chareidim) it is far from...
  • Yair: Hi Shim, I liked your ulpan teacher 217;s statement; I had a similar exchange with a...
  • Shimshonit: Yair, I liked your point about the universali ty of Hebrew in the modern Jewish...


• My First Camp Shabbat (5)
  • Jenny (aka d'varim): Tamara, I’m glad my post brought up good memories for you; you should...
  • Yael: I’ve stayed at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin for a couple nights each of the past two years...
  • Mark: Hi d’va rim, Thank you so much for sharing your Shabbat story, it was beautiful. I...
  • Rivkah: I’ve been a part of summer camps before, but obviously not a Jewish summer camp....
  • Tamara: Hi D’va rim, This was such a great post. I, as you might know, am a Jew by birth. I...


• I Just Want to Be an Observant Jew - Updated (45)
  • Avi aka TG: Yair, Thanks for stepping in and writing a few words on my behalf. Cmcnaught wrote:...


• Tefillin - The Breakfast of Champions (26)
  • Yair: Hi Jerome, As before, thanks for your well-writt en comments. I appreciate d learning more...


• Three Inspiring Gerim: Rabbi Asher Wade, Gavriel Sanders, and Yisrael Campbell (16)
  • Yair: Nachon! I couldnR 17;t have said it better myself ;-)! Yair

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