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Rabbi Stephen Julius Stein

Will herstory repeat itself?

Published on July 30, 2008

Parshat Masei (Numbers 33:1-36:13) With the recent on-court fracas of the WNBA, the historic presidential candidacy of Sen. Hillary Clinton and the real potential for both parties to nominate a woman for vice president, it's probably worth our while to consider where we have been, where we are and where we may go in regard to gender equality, both in Torah and in our time

Truth in Storytelling

Published on April 24, 2008

It's too bad, but I didn't know from Pesach until rabbinic school at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.

Christmas in Sukkot?

Published on September 27, 2007

Last year we moved into a home large enough to build the sukkah we've been dreaming of for a long time.

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December 19-26, 2008

Cover of December 19-26, 2008 Jewish JournalIt's beginning to look a lot like you know what, and that's OK, says comedy star Elon Gold. Also: complete coverage of the Madoff scandal, tales of family menorahs, latke recipes, Orit Arfa gets her t-shirt circumcised, and Rob Eshman wishes Jews believed in hell, so Bernie Madoff would go there.

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