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13 Facts About the Jews of Ireland

Famous for its rolling green hills and colorful culture, Ireland has had a Jewish presence for centuries.
10 Questions: Take the Hanukkah True or False Quiz

Do you know your Hanukkah facts?
Your Questions
What!? I Need to Sit Shivah for My Ex?

Does it really make sense for me to sit shivah for a man I barely spoke to for 17 years?
Why Wait Between Eating Meat and Milk?

What’s up with the buffer zone?
The Freeman Files
Voices
Two Months After Moving Across the World, I Needed a Kidney Transplant

My life had turned into a waiting game.
Your Light Sustained Me When I Lost My Son

Ari, my son, was in intensive care, with machines breathing for him. And I? I was breathing for reasons I didn’t understand anymore.
Parshah
Why Did Isaac Favor Esau?

Was Isaac fooled by Esau’s behavior?
Learning From the Rebbe
How to Be Secure

And G‑d said: “. . . Abraham shall be a great people . . . Because I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him that they shall keep the way of G‑d, to do charity and justice.”
— Genesis 18:17–19
Print Magazine

How do you fix a place, a problem, a person—anything at all?

By rejecting the bad and embracing the good.

If so, you have two possible strategies:

You could focus on all that is bad, ugly and diseased, scraping it away and chasing it out, so that eventually all that’s left is pure and healthy.

Or you could focus on...