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Joshua J. Friedman

Joshua J. Friedman, a former editor at The Atlantic and the Boston Review, is a writer in New York City.

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    iPassover

    Holiday smartphone apps offer everything from a simulated candle for ferreting out hametz to a Ten Plagues noisemaker that you never knew you needed

    byJoshua J. Friedman
  • Ben Schachter at work on Fences last year at the American Jewish Museum in Pittsburgh.(Melissa Hiller)
    Ben Schachter at work on Fences last year at the American Jewish Museum in Pittsburgh.(Melissa Hiller)
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    String Theory

    Artist Ben Schachter puzzles over boundaries, real and imagined

    byJoshua J. Friedman
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    Piece Meal

    The first Passover celebrations included neither haggadah nor seder. With the passage of millennia, the two have become central elements. Herewith an interactive guide to the collage of texts that constitutes the holiday’s guidebook.

    byJoshua J. Friedman
  • Simchat Torah nails: an unfurled Torah scroll.(Len Small/Tablet Magazine)
    Simchat Torah nails: an unfurled Torah scroll.(Len Small/Tablet Magazine)
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    Midrash Manicurist

    An aspiring rabbi interprets the Torah on her fingernails

    byJoshua J. Friedman
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    Prayer Type

    How Eliyahu Koren used typography to encourage a new way to pray

    byJoshua J. Friedman
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