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My irrational, possibly problematic obsession with an $85 yarmulke
What the haute couture kippah tells us about where Judaism is headed
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Why I’m vibing with the pope’s first big statement
'Magnifica Humanitas' is Pope Leo's response to AI and a testament to humanity
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The bizarre antisemitic book that taught me to better understand Judaism
Hector Bolitho's 'Twelve Jews,' published in 1934, tried to defend Jews — in one of the strangest ways possible
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When the 92nd Street Y was a hub for Black innovation in dance
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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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