JMAR is the official journal of the Jewish Physicians Network, publishing halachic (Jewish legal) analysis of medical questions written by rabbis and physicians. Each article examines a practical or ethical issue, such as eating or taking medication on fast days, the obligation to maintain health, or a physician's duty to treat patients at personal risk.
Website: https://www.jmaronline.org/
A personal newsletter of essays, comics and Torah reflections by Rena Yehuda Newman, covering grief, mourning, Jewish ritual time and life in diaspora. Recent issues include a eulogy for the author's brother, a meditation on Tisha b'Av, and reflections on keeping Shabbat in rural England.
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin writes personal and analytical posts on Judaism, science, natural history and Israeli society, drawing on the rationalist rabbinic tradition. A reader gets his reflections on topics such as museum visits, political commentary and religious Zionist life, often mixing humor with Torah sources.
A weekly series of parsha dvarim (Torah commentaries) that reads the plain meaning of the text through an anti-Zionist, queer, anarchist lens, with occasional guest posts. Issues link the weekly portion to modern politics, intergenerational trauma, and Palestine solidarity, and include content notes and mutual aid appeals.
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