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In Orthodox communities where women don’t read Torah, Purim offers a rare opportunity
According to the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, at least 105 women-led megillah readings, for both mixed-gender and women-only audiences, are taking place worldwide this year
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House Speaker McCarthy visits Hasidic communities in Rockland County
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Mike Bloomberg: Israel’s judicial reforms could make Brexit’s economic effects look like ‘bubkes’
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Netanyahu government advances judicial reforms as protests intensify to include IDF reservists
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Judith Heumann, Jewish disability rights advocate, dies at 75
She led one of the longest sit-ins in U.S. history against the federal government, but would become an assistant secretary of education, in charge of services for the disabled
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My mom’s hamantaschen recipe carries the memories that she is losing
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Converting to Judaism has defined my high school experience
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Connecticut College students are in revolt after president’s planned talk at Florida club with antisemitic and racist past
Jewish students can feel excluded from campus protests. At Connecticut College they’re leading helping lead the charge.
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‘Dilbert’ cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust
Deleted blog post questioned whether 6 million dead ‘became true by repetition’
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Albania to build museum to citizens who saved Jews during Holocaust
The Besa Museum will be named after the strict neighborly honor code that Albanians say motivated them to protect their Jewish neighbors during World War II
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