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You say matzah — and matzo and matzuh and matzee and more
Readers respond to our editor-in-chief’s column about a Passover copy-editing conundrum
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Can Orthodox Judaism Be Feminist?
Feminist, to me, has never been a dirty word. In fact, as soon as I learned the word and its meaning, I embraced the term, cloaking myself in the righteousness of women’s rights, brandishing the banner of feminism as a challenge to those around me. When I was younger, I took on the childish causes…
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Turning A Day of Rest Into A Call To Action
On Saturday, Congregation Bnai Jeshurun hosted a prayer session and a community program with inspirational speeches from local rabbis. Then, along with other UWS synagogues, participants marched up 5th avenue to join the NYC Women’s March. All the Jewish denominations, including some Orthodox synagogues, were represented at the March on Saturday. The Sabbath is the…
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What We Know About the 3 Types of Gaucher Disease (Sponsored)
While separating the three types of Gaucher disease is useful for diagnosis, researchers today see them as a spectrum of characteristics that blend together. Symptoms and disease progression are highly variable among individuals, even those with the same disease type or genetic mutation. Types of Gaucher Disease Gaucher disease is an inherited disorder where the…
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In Austin, A Broad Coalition Mobilized to Protest Trump
One Resistance was Austin, Texas’ grassroots day-of inauguration rally and march. This march was a broad coalition of groups who have been doing liberation work for a long time, and groups that were just starting or have not been active for that long — from socialists to faith based groups, undocumented advocates to labor unions,…
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Jews Continue Historic Activism at D.C. March
Jews were well represented at Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington. But with attendance estimates as yet not definitively calculated but ranging in varied sources from “several hundred thousand,” to “far exceeding the turnout at Friday’s inauguration,” to “1.5 million,” most nationalities were as well. Still, in protests ranging from the Civil Rights era, to the…
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In Chicago, 250,000 March Against Trump
At 5:00 p.m. on Inauguration Day, I found myself in downtown Chicago, peering across the river at Trump Tower, which was obscured in an eerie fog. In my hands I clutched a hastily-made sign, reading “This Jew Stands Against Fascism” in bold script on one side, and the Yiddish version of the Jewish Bund of…
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The Art of No Deal: What Trump Gets Wrong About U.S. Policy
One of the concerns I have about Donald Trump’s presidency is Trump’s emphasis on “ripping up” various trade and environmental deals we are a part of as a nation. Treaties and multilateral agreements are not “laws” that we adhere to — they are commitments of broad policy, frameworks for dispute resolution, methods of working out…
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Dear Jared Kushner: What Type of Jew Do You Want To Be?
Dear Mr. Kushner: What kind of Jew do you want to be? Let’s think together about Jewish history, and how many Jews have responded to people in power, and then I’ll leave the decision to you. Have you heard the term “middleman Jew?” European rulers, in order to deflect the ire of the masses to…
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Trump’s Gift To America
Today one of the most shocking and disturbing events in American history will unfold, an event I and many others more intelligent and informed than myself thought would not, could not, happen. Reading an article about climate change yesterday evening I thought of a friend of mine — a good hearted spiritual leader committed to…
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How Jews Can Help Dismantle White Supremacy In Trump’s America
As Donald Trump ascends to the presidency, the American Jewish community faces a critical question: under a populist president with a penchant for scapegoating and mistrust of non-white communities, who are we? In America the Pigmentocracy, Jews—the vast majority of whom are Ashkenazi—enjoy the many unearned prizes of whiteness: physical security, economic stability, and legal…
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Exodus: Coming Soon To A Synagogue Near You
With the Jewish high holidays and Hanukah long in the rear view mirror, it can only mean one thing. The season premiere of a series the Jewish people have been binge reading for thousands of years will finally return to your local synagogue: Exodus. Yes, it’s rare for a series to maintain its momentum and…
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