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Chesed… Just Do It!
Coca Cola’s Secret Formula
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The Jewish View of Christianity
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Women’s Zimun: Radical New Practice or Ancient Custom?
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Between Angels and Mere Mortals: May One Be Critical of Our Avot?
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1492- 2014: Expulsion and Invitation- Should Jews Accept Spanish Citizenship?
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Gotcha Covered: Yarmulka in History and Halacha
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Rainbows in Jewish Thought & Jewish Law
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Mitzvah #613: Are We Each Obligated to Write a Sefer Torah?
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Myth or Fact: A Jew May Not Report Another Jew to the Secular Authorities
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Is Judaism One Religion or Many? Lo Sisgodedu and Its Contemporary Applications
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Going to Pot: A Jewish Perspective on Marijuana
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Please Rise: Should We Stand for the Ten Commandments?
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The Conservative View of Homosexuality
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Coca Cola’s Secret Formula
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