Fall Holidays 

Akedah Imagery and Hebrew Poetry in the Crusades
Massacre_of_Jews.jpg"For generations, Jews saw in this story a reflection of their history, embedded it in their culture, and even acted upon its example. The First Crusade is one such instance."

By Howard Tzvi Adelman


Nation and Sacrifice: The Akedah and Zionist Ideology

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Isaac has come to occupy a paradoxical place in Israeli culture, symbolizing heroism and martyrdom alike.

By Yael S. Feldman

The Akedah and Highway 61 Revisited
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Bob Dylan's landmark album of 1965, Highway 61 Revisited, chronicled the Civil Rights movement in America. But it also drew extensively on a seemingly peculiar theme: the Bible.


On Rosh Hashana, Give Peas a Chance
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Looking into an African-Southern-Syrian-Jewish
culinary tradition.

By Devra Ferst

Yom Kippur Reflections: On Responsibility

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The contemporary relevance of traditional
lessons on leading an ethical life.

By Peter Cole


The High Holidays:
Ancient History and Rabbinic Tradition
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A secularist considers the true, historical roots of the fall holidays.

By Rabbi Adam Chalom

 

Sukkot, Sukes, and the Spirit of Secularism

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A harvest holiday offers secular Jews an
opportunity to reflect on and celebrate
progressive values.

By Linda Gritz

What's Left of a Jew Who Has
Abandoned Religion? (A lot.)
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Confessions of a secular Jew
(who doesn't repent on Yom Kippur).
By Eugene Goodheart