By Lenore Skenazy
We open our doors on Passover to symbolize overcoming suspicion and hatred of others. Is that noble ideal under siege in today’s America?
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The Forverts was the third largest publication in New York 100 years ago. Jews committed suicide in Nazi Austria and an Israeli agent planned to murder a German scientist.
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By Rachel Freier
It’s true that religious Jews place a high value on having children. Attorney Rachel Freier says being blessed with a family completes her life within the community.
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By Judy Brown (Eishes Chayil)
When Judy Brown started having children, she learned that motherhood sometimes completes you. But trying to have a baby can also tear you apart.
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By Eddy Portnoy
A teenage girl from the Lower East Side attacked a robber. The Eldridge Street Synagogue was looted and Israel claimed that Syria broke a U.N.-negotiated ceasefire.
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By Curt Schleier
Henry Grossman wasn’t a fan of the Beatles when he first started photographing them in 1964. But he wound up snapping thousands of shots of the Fab Four.
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By Moses Gates
Odessa is home to a sprawling set of tunnels spreading out from the center of the city. On his trip through the ‘catacombs,’ urban explorer Moses Gates made a shocking discovery.
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By Eddy Portnoy
Blood libel rumors were spread by priests in New Jersey. A controversy brewed in Israel over Yiddish. And, Soviet Jews were prosecuted for “economic crimes.”
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By Eddy Portnoy
Yiddish theater in New York City goes on strike; Arab terrorists attack the Jewish settlement in Palestine; Bertrand Russell takes on the Kremlin over anti-Semitism.
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By Tanya Paperny
Pat Singer has been a community leader in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach for so long, she’s often called the neighborhood’s mother. But she barely speaks a word of Russian.
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Cleveland Kidnapping, Elizabeth Smart and Us
Tracing the Jewish Origins of the Holy Ghost
Ethical Kosher Seal Stalls Amid Orthodox Opposition
Baby Boomers’ Rocky Road to Jewish Love
'War' With Ultra-Orthodox at Kotel? Bring It On
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