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    Step inside an Australian sukkah

    Step inside an Australian sukkah

    Why on earth are these people decorating their sukkot (plural of sukkah) with pumpkins, gourds, and squash? And why are there huge corn-sta
    The Hanukkah Mom

    The Hanukkah Mom

    I’m a native Hoosier, born and raised in that humid Indiana heat by a Jewish mother. I don’t mean “goes to services twice a year” Jewish, I
    The Particulars of our Practice

    The Particulars of our Practice

    Most of what's important to me, I've come to realize, I learned at the kitchen table. As I begin to organize my own Passover seders
    Schmoozing about the Holidays

    Schmoozing about the Holidays

    Did you know that on Rosh Hashanah afternoon – back in the day –children walked from one synagogue to another to see their friends? At that

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