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Alice Shalvi pioneered religious feminism in Israel. Everyone else is still catching up.
The German-born scholar, who died Monday at 96, pioneered feminist ideas in Israel in the early 1970s when there were only a handful of women doing such work
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The most prominent Jew in Latin America wore a crucifix at a recent campaign event. Is that kosher?
People are divided about Claudia Sheinbaum, the Jewish woman aiming to become Mexico's next president, donning a rosary
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PHOTOS: The raw power of Jewish diversity across four continents
Photographer Zion Ozeri traveled the world to show how Jews look and live differently from each other
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What’s the difference between a $40 etrog and a $100 etrog? You’ll need to squint to find out.
Color and size are rarely the determining factors
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Why are all these Jewish leaders groveling to Elon Musk?
In what was ostensibly discussion of online antisemitism led by Ben Shapiro, Jewish leaders ignored rising rates of antisemitism on the platform
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Why Sukkot is my favorite Jewish holiday
Shaking a lulav, finding the most fragrant etrog, eating outside with no patriarchal judgment — what's not to love?
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Jewish men (and women) think about the Roman Empire all the time. We can’t avoid it.
A rabbi responds to a new TikTok meme, noting how Jewish tradition was shaped by its encounter with the Romans
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Spotify is generating Jewish playlists. But are they Jewish at all?
"Jewish writer Wednesday morning" was the title of an algorithmically-personalized playlist that, unfairly, I did not receive
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Here’s what you need to know to celebrate Sukkot in 2023
A very Forward guide to the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot
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Film & TV Lee Grant is 97-and-a-half and just as fierce as ever
The Oscar winner, who survived the Blacklist to become a preeminent director and actor, knows the secret to her longevity
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After 50 years, pioneering female rabbi is still practicing peace — and protesting
Lynn Gottlieb — one of the first women ordained as a rabbi in the U.S. reflects on her activist career — with no regrets
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