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    Derek Eretz MVP

    By Sara Davies

    What are the ethical and spiritual messages in Judaism? What are we supposed to learn? And who is Derek Eretz anyway?

    Date: 05-15-2013

    Conservative Conundrum

    By Meri Phillips

    Growing up in a Conservative Jewish family, with intermarried parents, Meri never felt like she fully fit in. Now she's trying to find a religious home for her own family, and is torn by the Conservative movement's attitudes toward intermarriage.

    Date: 04-23-2013

    Giving a Hand

    By Milton Davis

    An American Jew and a Turkish Muslim become friends, like family really, while finding common ground.

    Date: 04-19-2013

    Priestly Benediction: Video

    An example of a bar mitzvah boy receiving the priestly benediction from his synagogue's clergy.

    Date: 11-20-2012

    From Generation to Generation: Video

    L'dor Va'dor, from Generation to Generation, is a song in many Shabbat services that can be reaffirming - especially for a bar or bat mitzvah.

    Date: 11-20-2012

    Significance of the Tallit (Prayer Shawl)

    Receiving a tallit, prayer shawl, can be a moving focal point of a bar or bat mitzvah.

    Date: 11-14-2012

    Lifting and Dressing the Torah: Hagbah and Gelilah

    How to lift and dress the Torah during a prayer service.

    Date: 11-14-2012

    Blessing for Putting On Tallit

    By InterfaithFamily

    Learn the blessing for putting on a tallit with the audio and downloadable file. And watch how to put on a tallis with this video!

    Date: 09-30-2012

    Blessings Before and After the Torah Reading

    By InterfaithFamily

    Learn the blessings for before and after the Torah reading just got easier with our audio, video and downloadable files.

    Date: 09-30-2012

    Open My Mouth: Getting Ready to Pray

    By InterfaithFamily

    Learn the Hebrew words to the line before the Amidah, the central prayer of the Jewish service, in which we ask that our mouth can find the right words.

    Date: 09-28-2012

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