Benjamin Cohen
By Benjamin Cohen
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Community A Muslim and a Jew providing trans care in the Bible Belt
Israelis prefer Trump over Biden, state department accuses Russia of antisemitism, celeb discovers his relative lived with Anne Frank’s family, and the Jewish composer of the James Bond theme has died.
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Opinion Letter from Ukraine: Don’t Let Refugee History Repeat Itself
The abandoned 428-year-old synagogue in Sharhorod, Ukraine stands as a powerful reminder of why millions of Jews in the world now call themselves Americans. I traveled there last week from my home in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, to better understand where my family comes from. Six of my eight great-grandparents fled villages like Sharhorod – places…
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