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When the 92nd Street Y was a hub for Black innovation in dance
Rennie McDougall's 'Nonstop Bodies' recalls a time when the Jewish institution was a mecca for experimentation
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My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
A painting she made after the 6 Day War could be a clue
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Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors
A history teacher in Saint-Quentin, France, is reconstructing a lost community, one story at a time
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Stumbling across Jewish history in a vintage store
Abram Krol, a Polish-Jewish artist, explored his experience of Judaism and the Holocaust in his art
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I’m probably going to be on the government’s list of Jews at UPenn
The recent ruling could well revive campus-wide anxieties that have been dormant for some time
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How a song about the food chain became a Seder mainstay
'Chad Gadya’ is a reminder of our mortality — and the promise it may be temporary
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We were instant friends. Then came the Israel question.
We're told the future of Judaism is in Florida. One Forward writer wanted to see for himself.
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We need to talk about New Jersey’s Jewish master of literature. No, not that one
Philip Roth and Judy Blume are both giants of American Jewish literature — so why do we put them in different classes?
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What I learned at a Holocaust survivors’ Purim party
The undisguised joy of dancing together
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How my love for oysters parallels my Judaism
An century-old argument that oysters are kosher captures the essence of Jewish identity
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What rabbinic wisdom taught me in the wake of the BAFTA scandal
When someone makes a mistake, our rabbis teach that we must hold them accountable in a way that is healing — not harmful
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