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My Tagline:
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness. - Albert Einstein

My Interests:
Prayer, Meditation, God, Afterlife, Interfaith issues, Charity, Origin of life debates, Movies, Music, Books, Education, Travel, Gardening, Current events, Politics, Art, Environment, Holistic living, Yoga, Health, Sports, Fitness, Cooking, Family, Money, Pets, Dreams, social justice, dance, personal growth

My favorite spiritual activities:
meditating, Tanya, yoga, dancing, breathing, spending time in nature, cooking, laughing

What is your current spiritual mood?:
Loving

What's your spiritual type?:
Spiritual Straddler - I have one foot in traditional religion, one foot in free-form spirituality.

About Me

Shalom! I am Alana B. Elias Kornfeld, editor of Beliefnet's Judaism section. Welcome to my profile and the new social network part of our site! Here, I'll keep you up-to-date on our complete coverage of Judaism, Jewish life, and the issues that concern contemporary Jews.

Lately, I've been practicing baking challah by watching Meredith Jacobs, a.k.a. Modern Jewish Mom, in our Faith in the Family video series--check it out here.

Here are some more highlights to get you started:

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Our Virtual Talmud blog showcases three rabbis from various denominations debating Judaism and Jewish life in the present day. Read the Debate
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And of course visit the Judaism section frequently as I often update it with fresh features.

Whether you want to learn the basics, become a better Jew, explore the religion and Jewish spirituality more deeply, or seek moral guidance from rabbis and other learned Jewish teachers, it is my desire that you will find what you are seeking in the Judaism section.

I look forward to sharing all the great content in my section with you and hearing what it is you'd like to see as well!

My Basics

Location: New York, NY, USA

Gender: Female

Occupation: Editor

Relationship Status: Single

Faiths: Jewish, Conservative Jew, Cultural Jew

Beliefnet Judaism Editor's Journal

Israel's 60th: Share Your Holy Land Stories, Photos, and Videos!

Posted: Apr 28, 2008 2:24 PM

Have you ever visited Israel? Many people describe an emotional "coming home" when they arrive in The Holy Land for the...

Share Your Stories of Personal Freedom

Posted: Mar 19, 2008 10:49 AM

Have you ever had an experience of personal freedom? Whether you overcame an addiction, tackled that growing pile of mail, ended a...

7 Steps to Improve Relationships

Posted: Jan 24, 2008 10:56 AM

Hi all-- I wanted to alert you to an amazing gallery I recently published of relationship tips, based on the ancient wisdom of the...

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Audio/Video

Passover Cleaning 4 Ratings Rating Log in to rate
	1: Passover Cleaning
	2: Haman Song: A Purim Rap
	3: If 'Juno' Was Jewish
	4: JewWalking--How Much Do You Know?
	5: Introducing the jPhone: A Hilarious Jewish Take on the iPhone
	6: A Good Joke
	7: What Jews Do on Christmas
	8: Adventures of Todd & God: Hanukkah
	9: Urbal T "Hanukkah Lovin"
	10: Little Cutie Sings Hanukkah Songs
	11: Frozen in Grand Central

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Best Spiritual Films of 2007

Art, Healing, and Transformation

Artist's Way Circle

The Faith Club

Heal Thy Self

Most Inspiring Person of the Year (Your Heroes)

Morning Pages Group

Vegetarian Holiday Cooks

Feeds

Religious Joke of the Day

Joke of the Day for May 7, 2008 - May 7, 2008 at 12:00 PM

A Twist on 'Oy Vey!' Q: Have you heard the new Jews for Jesus prayer? A: Oy vey, Maria!

Daily Torah Reading

Leviticus 25:39-25:46 - May 16, 2008 at 1:00 AM

If your kinsman under you continues in straits and must give himself over to you, do not subject him to the treatment of a slave. He shall remain with you as a hired or bound laborer; he shall...

Top Religion News

Gay Marriage Opponents Vow to Fight Calif. Ruling - May 16, 2008 at 2:55 PM

Associated Press - May 16, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO - Even as same-sex couples across California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding...

Feiler Faster

Obama and The Exodus - May 12, 2008 at 12:51 PM

Yet more news today in the Obama and Exodus front. In an interview that Jeffrey Goldberg has now posted on his new blog, Obama talks about his appreciation of the Leon Uris novel Exodus.Obama and I...

Idol Chatter

My Teen Idol Kirk Cameron Called Me Twice Yesterday! - May 16, 2008 at 2:14 PM

Okay, I'm going to take a minute to gush like a teenaged girl right now: Kirk Cameron, a.k.a. Mike Seaver from "Growing Pains," that family-friendly television series that we all loved to watch...

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Granny's wish

LA PENA FOUNDATION - April 30, 2008 - 05:33 PM

"It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!" "I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union." "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations." ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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SAVEDAMUZIQ...LUV, PEACE, & CHICKEN GREASE! - April 28, 2008 - 10:08 PM

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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future but an excuse can last for life. GERONIMO|PRODIGY

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NewSeeker

Hey there - April 22, 2008 - 04:57 PM

It's nice to be here. See you around the office!

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It's about Faith, Hope, Love, & Forgiveness - March 21, 2008 - 12:46 PM

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Hello, Beliefnet Judaism Editor! - January 28, 2008 - 04:00 PM

What a lovely photo in your avatar! You look like a cheery individual! Great pic!

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