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Echoes of Majesty

The shofar-blast of Rosh Hashanah reverberates back to our earliest Jewish past and ahead to our repentance in the End…

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Yom Kippur Rx: A Dose of Healthy Guilt

Guilt is an emotional pain which is as essential to life and health as physical pain.

ALIYAH

What Every Oleh Should Know

Sitting in your suburban home or cooperative apartment, surrounded by all that is currently so familiar, you are probably apprehensively…

CHURBAN

What Did the Beit Hamikdash Look Like?

There have been countless artistic representations of the Beit Hamikdash in the nearly 2,000 years since its destruction. Which one…

BOOKS

Lamentations: Faith in a Turbulent World

For many (even avid) Tanach students, Eichah has remained a rolled-up megillah, to be dusted off and taken out once…

JEWISH LIVING

Of Hospitability And Wine

No one has ever actually eaten the fruit cake, he claimed. Rather, he insisted, “there is only one fruitcake in…

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Vintage Pesach Ads

Enjoy this collection of vintage Passover ads that originally appeared in Jewish Life, the predecessor publication of Jewish Action. You…

PASSOVER

Bolder and Brighter Flavors of Pesach

Choosing other root vegetables, building in more colorful vegetables and spices, and using strong vibrant flavors have definitely given our…

OPINION

Two Nights, Two People, Four Solo Seders

Despite Mom’s earlier Seder disinvitation, I got to spend another Pesach with her. This time, she did not object.

KASHRUT

OU Kosher Presents Shabbos Keeper for Ovens

After changing the landscape for kosher certification in refrigerators, GE Appliances — with the guidance of OU Kosher — has…

CHANUKAH

A Good Fry

Old school or new world, fried treats are the making of wonderful oil-stained holiday memories, a momentary pleasure to be…

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