The Talmud (Eruvin 65) suggests that a person is de­fined by what he carries in his pockets. Every Thanks­giving, I look into my pockets and

Unlike in earlier times, Israel’s chief rabbinate is measuring potential converts to Judaism with the strictest halakhic yardstick. A new rabbinic fellowship begs to differ.

Lower your head, bend your knees, turn on your flash-light and take a deep breath: You are about to descend into the entrance of Hezekiah’s

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