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Haircutting Rules and Restrictions

Monday night Tuesday morning (or some hold Tuesday night) we can finally cut our hair, for people that hold Lag B’omer is the cutoff (I’ll…

Kinderyuren Childhood Years song

Came across this song watching Shtisel https://www.reverbnation.com/yiddishwelt/song/7484895-kinderyuren-childhood-years Seems like an awfully melancholic maudlin song. Apparently its very popular/requested choice amongst Shoah survivors too https://haifaholocauststudies.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/years-of-childhood-how-you-live-in-my-memory-yiddish-folksinging-a-unique-volunteering-project-with-holocaust-survivors/ But…

Why Bangladesh should, belatedly, recognize Israel

Israel offered to recognize newly-founded Bangladesh in 1972. Despite similar independence struggles, the logic of a strategic relationship, and the lack of direct hostilities, they…

Bidiurnal Politics Thread – May 10, 2020

This is the daily politics and news thread. You may post links to and discuss recent political news stories with a relationship to Jews/Judaism in…

Jewish Musical Theatre

So I’m a big fan of broadway musicals and as I have been learning more and more about Judaism recently I’ve tried finding more musicals…

Who Created Parshiyot?

I know that as far as the TaNaKh goes, chapters are a Christian invention. Who created Parshiyot, though? And who gave them their names? submitted…