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Tag: Bar/Bat Mitzvah

0 Culture Education

Did Elizabeth Banks Just Quote the Talmud?

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 4 Feb

Elizabeth Banks has been inspired by the wisdom of bar and bat mitzvah celebrations, sharing insights gained from these events with her followers.

0 Communities History

Our Great Cause

Deborah E. Lipstadt in Jewish Review of Books · 29 Sep 2025

Deborah E. Lipstadt reflects on the influence of the Soviet Jewry movement, which mobilized American Jewish activists to aid in freeing Soviet Jews during the Cold War.

0 Education Communities

No Do-Overs: The Healing Power of Letting Go

Jewdicious · 12 Apr 2024

The author reflects on their Jewish upbringing and the impact of a conflict between their passion for baseball and the requirement to attend Confirmation class in high school, showing lingering resentment towards their parents for forcing them to leave baseball practices for class.

0 Holidays Jewish Law

The Jewish Leap Day: A Halakhic Analysis of a Calendar Conundrum

Yaakov Taubes in Lehrhaus · 7 Mar 2024

The Jewish calendar's leap day in Adar, observed during a leap year, adds a full month to correct for discrepancies between lunar and solar years maintaining the holiday of Passover in the spring.

0 Culture Philosophy

School Spirit Ep. 11

Unorthodox · 15 Oct 2015

In this lively episode, recorded at Yale University, philosopher Shelly Kagan discusses his consequentialist views and debates gun control in the context of historical events, while humorist Colin McEnroe light-heartedly explores cultural intersections such as wearing a yarmulke and communicating about Israel.