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Essay The Origins of the Undo List Earlier this week, Christopher Noxon shared the beginnings of his journey from “doing Jew” to being Jewish and the profound importance he found in ritualized rites… Christopher Noxon November 27, 2015
Essay Everyone Wants to Be Invited Earlier this week, Christopher Noxon shared his journey from “doing Jew” to being Jewish. He is blogging here all week as part of the Visiting Scribe series on The… Christopher Noxon November 25, 2015
Cookbook Spiritual Kneading Through the Jewish Months: Building the Sacred through Challah Dahlia Abraham-Klein
Essay Writing the Mechitzah Earlier this week, Michelle Brafman wrote about water and the mikvah in Judaism as well as the tahara, Jewish burial rituals. She is the author of the debut… Michelle Brafman May 1, 2015
Essay Sacred Pools Earlier this week, Michelle Brafman wrote about the tahara, Jewish burial rituals. She is the author of the debut novel Washing the Dead and will be blogging here all… Michelle Brafman April 29, 2015
Essay Washing the Dead: The Wonder of Ritual Michelle Brafman’s debut novel Washing the Dead is being published this week by Prospect Park Books. She will be blogging here all week for Jewish Book Council’s… Michelle Brafman April 27, 2015
Essay Jews and Their Many Questions Earlier this week, Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff wrote about how he approaches challenging queries and the benefits of crowdfunding one’s book. His book, Jew Got… Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff January 9, 2015
Nonfiction Chanah’s Voice: A Rabbi Wrestles with Gender, Commandment, and the Women’s Rituals of Baking, Bathing, and Brightening Haviva Ner-David