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J. The Jewish News of Northern California11d
A Bay Area Jewish healing center expands as it embraces mourning, celebration
AriYael Jewish Healing Center has expanded as its co-founders retired over the past year, helping fill a void left when the ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency25d
Female religious leaders are guiding cancer care for Jewish women
Seeking guidance, Polakoff reached out to Sharsheret, a Jewish nonprofit organization that supports women affected by breast ... of periodic immersion in a mikvah ritual bath.
The Times of Israel on MSN9d
How Jewish patriots in the US Revolutionary War helped shape the First Amendment
In new book 'A Promised Land,' history professor Adam Jortner looks at the role of Jews - then just 0.1% of the population - ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel5d
Black Hebrew Israelite Paternal Jewishness Claim Debunked
The Hebrew Israelite and Black Hebrew Israelite movements are as diverse as they are controversial, but one thing that ...
Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...
Bali travel: What it’s like trying the spiritual ritual of Melukat
From sacred ritual to viral Instagram trend, Bali’s Melukat water blessing is more than just a tourist attraction – if you do ...
San Diego Jewish World14d
‘Younger’ on Netflix Includes Jewish Subplots
While my twins and husband were in El Paso, Texas visiting family for a few days during their Spring Break, I watched a few ...
Arizona Jewish Post13d
After Freundel scandal, Washington Jewish women reclaim mikvah with mural
WASHINGTON (Washington Jewish Week via JTA) – When prominent Washington rabbi Barry Freundel was arrested last year for secretly videotaping dozens of women using the mikvah adjacent to his Orthodox ...