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As mobs stormed the Capitol, we lost something sacred. The Talmud can help us process our collective grief.

As Sen. Chuck Schumer put it, Wednesday was the day that “this Temple to democracy was desecrated.”

Archaeologists restore Herodian floor tile of Second Temple courtyard

It was the first time that archaeologists successfully restored a part of the Temple complex built by King Herod more than 2,000 years ago.

The Surprisingly Edible Way India’s Jews Mark Tisha B’Av

What did the saddest day of the year look like in India? For the Bene Israel community, as for Jews around the world, Tisha B’Av marks the end of three weeks of avoiding pleasures like meat, music, and dancing. But this cluster of Indian Jews also broke the twenty-four hour fast with a commemorative […]

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