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  • Menstrual huts, from left, in Suriname, Ethiopia, Colombia, and Mali
    Menstrual huts, from left, in Suriname, Ethiopia, Colombia, and Mali
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    Menstrual Camps

    In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud study, ancient rabbis take sides on how to deal with uncertainty when it comes to ritual impurity in women

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Philippe De Loutherbourg, 'Mattathias Punishing Idolatry,' 1815.
    Philippe De Loutherbourg, 'Mattathias Punishing Idolatry,' 1815.
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    On the Perils of Assimilation

    In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud study, patrolling the boundaries between Jewish and pagan society

    byAdam Kirsch
  • A copy of a book by author Peter Beinart under the chair of an audience member as Beinart speaks at an event in Atlanta, apart from the book fair, on Nov. 14, 2012.(David Goldman/AP)
    A copy of a book by author Peter Beinart under the chair of an audience member as Beinart speaks at an event in Atlanta, apart from the book fair, on Nov. 14, 2012.(David Goldman/AP)
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    U.S. Jews Fighting Wrong Battle

    As rockets rain down on Israel, an Atlanta JCC bans Peter Beinart. When did we become so narrow-minded?

    byDaniel Gordis
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    On One Foot

    A new Nextbook Press biography of Hillel makes clear that the rabbi’s words and thoughts—though millennia old—resonate today

    byJoseph Telushkin
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