‘You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah’ may seem worlds apart from the growth and appeal of ‘by and for women only’ films produced by Orthodox Jewish women, but all these films share a focus on the potential of Jewish ritual.
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Assimilation no doubt played a role in making Hanukkah the commercialized holiday it is today. But other factors shaped the modern festival, too, a scholar of Jewish studies and gender explains.
Badges and other wearable markings had a long history of being used to target Jewish people in Europe.
Multicultural Jewish families and Jews of color are innovating food-centered holidays to bring their whole selves to the table.
Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again.
Academics and religious leaders address the role of faith and community in managing mental health issues in young people and society as a whole.
A new survey of Canadian Jew suggests young adults are finding ways of remaining Jewish that are not principally religious.
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