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Book Review: Conversion to Judaism: Choosing to Be Chosen by Rabbi Bernice K. Weiss

I’d be lying if I didn’t say I came into this book with a lot of…cynicism? I mean, really, this is the cover: Conversion to Judaism: Choosing to Be Chosen: Personal Stories by Rabbi Bernice K. Weiss with Sheryl Silverman And each chapter starts with a clipart graphic of a bouquet. I wish I were […]

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Word of the Day: Hefker

Hefker is a “term of art” in the Talmud, as we say in the legal world. That means it’s a word with a very precise meaning that may not line up exactly with how it’s used colloquially; not a word to throw around lightly. You mean exactly what it says. For instance, trespassing has a

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