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Food for Thought: Kosher Food and Jewish Identity Part II The Kosher Melting Pot

Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K00LKGfWkLs; Image of challa from http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/18233/ ; Image of shabbos food on...
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Food for Thought: Kosher Food and Jewish Identity Part I Setting the Stage

Gefilta fish image from http://www.gefiltefish.com/; Challa image from http://torontoist.com/2006/01/recipes_superch.php;Video available athttp:/...
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Headed in the right direction: the head covering as marker of a Jewish woman's identity Part II

In Part I of “Headed in the Right Direction,” I examined the significance of head coverings – or their absence – for Jewish...
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Headed in the right direction: the head covering as marker of a Jewish woman's identity Part I

As promised in my last post, “From Reform to Hasidic and Everything in Between: A Guide to Jewish Diversity,”today I’m going to...
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