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5 things Netflix’s ‘One of Us’ won’t teach you about Hasidic Jews
By Menachem Wecker — November 9, 2017
(RNS) — A new documentary falls short in its portrayal of an often misunderstood community, writes Menachem Wecker.
Signs and wonder: How people of different faiths view the total solar eclipse
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 18, 2017
(RNS) — On Monday, a solar eclipse will darken skies across the United States, crossing from coast to coast for the first time since 1918. Some people of faith see it as a sign warning of God's judgment on America; others, as cause to wonder at the glory of God in creation.
Why I’ll forgo the big-time funeral and donate my remains to science
By Jeffrey Weiss — April 4, 2017
(RNS) My decision is a bit in keeping with Jewish traditional teachings about what to do with bodies. And some not in such keeping. Which, given my basic attitude as a Jewish agnostic, probably is consistent.
Shimon Peres’ death moves religious leaders
By Lauren Markoe — September 28, 2016
(RNS) Jewish, Christian and other religious leaders react to the death of the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Chabad is Orthodox, but Jewish students it caters to are not
By Yonat Shimron — September 20, 2016
(RNS) Only 15 of the 2,400 respondents said they joined ranks and identify as Chabad. About 88 percent of those who visited Chabad at least once do not identify as Orthodox.
At Passover, Jews love matzo … until they don’t
By Lauren Markoe — April 10, 2014
(RNS) How many days do you have to eat matzo before it starts to taste like "the bread of affliction?"
Should ultra-Orthodox Jews be able to decide what they’re called?
By Lauren Markoe — February 6, 2014
(RNS) Who would want to be called "ultra" anything? Some Jews known as the "ultra-Orthodox" have come up with a new name, but will it stick?
Photo Slideshow: Thousands of Chabad rabbis gather in NYC
By Lauren Markoe — November 5, 2013
More than 5,000 people from the devout Chabad-Lubavitch movement -- the vast majority of them rabbis -- gathered in New York City for their annual conference, which ended on Nov. 3.
For somber Jews on Yom Kippur, white is the new black
By Lauren Markoe — September 11, 2013
(RNS) In her simple, white linen dress, Stacey Robinson says she can heighten her experience of atonement and renewal. “I can stand now, ready, clean ... to reach out to God as God reaches out to me."
Rabbis aim to inject more morality into business
By Lauren Markoe — August 2, 2012
(RNS) A group of Orthodox rabbis has designed a popular course to inject more morality into economics -- from the household budget to the stock market. By Lauren Markoe.
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