Nora Berman is the former deputy opinion editor for the Forward. She is based in Atlanta.
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By Nora Berman
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Culture Did crypto-Jews invent the modern tarot deck?
A new theory argues that persecuted Jews in medieval Europe concealed Judaica in tarot cards
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Opinion The rabbinic backlash against Zohran Mamdani isn’t about Mamdani at all
It's about the rifts in the Jewish community after Oct. 7 — and our ongoing unwillingness to address them
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Opinion Can an idyllic dream of Israel ever be reality? She says: ‘Coexistence, My Ass’
Noam Shuster Eliassi has seen the best of Israel. It's not enough
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Opinion ‘Conversion therapy is having a moment’ — what will that mean for LGBTQ+ Jews?
The Supreme Court is poised to greenlight a practice that has harmed many young, queer religious people
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Opinion The terrifying Nazi precedent for Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension — and the reasons to stay hopeful
In 1939, Goebbels ended the careers of five comedians for making fun of Nazis
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Opinion As Jimmy Kimmel is pulled off air, ‘this is so much worse than McCarthyism’
Charlie Kirk's murder is accelerating the White House's battle against cultural and academic freedom
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Opinion ‘A long record of failure’: Is it time to put the two-state solution to rest?
Two Oslo negotiators argue in their new book that it's time to reckon with narratives, not logic
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Culture Is Netflix’s new show the most Jewish cartoon ever?
Nearly every episode in 'Long Story Short,' from the creator of 'BoJack Horseman,' revolves around a very Jewish moment
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