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What I learned saying kaddish at a Ramadan break-fast
Out of all the places I've said kaddish, online and in-person, this was one of the more meaningful
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We need to stop singing the same song about Israel — or it’s not going to be OK
Israeli Jews — and the Americans who support them — have been singing the same song for too long
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You say matzah, we spell matzo, let’s talk the whole thing out
'Matzo’ may seem old-fashioned, but it has a surprising amount of sticking power, and not just to your gut.
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How a pair of Sunday school teachers inspired Craig Newmark to give his money away
'They taught me the substance of Judaism,' said Newmark, founder of craigslist. 'They basically set my moral compass.'
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What should American Jews do about the assault on Israeli democracy?
'When someone you love is in trouble,' said Yossi Klein Halevi, 'you don't pull away, you draw closer'
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Where Anne Frank met Marilyn Monroe & Elvis — in our new podcast
In Playing Anne Frank , Adam Langer shows the many reverberations of Anne Frank's story in history and culture
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The holy and the broken — getting up after sitting shiva for my dad
Shiva is like a cocoon. But when it ends, you don't emerge a butterfly
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When a Molotov cocktail thrown at your synagogue scrambles your Sunday
There's close to home and then there's home. This latest act of antisemitism felt like the latter.
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What Joshua Malina talks about when he talks about Israel and ‘The West Wing’
Joshua Malina on Israel, Aaron Sorkin, and playing Will Bailey
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One year after being held hostage, Rabbi Charlie is ‘grateful to be alive’
An exclusive interview with Rabbi Charlie, reader responses and our new podcast about Anne Frank
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Why this Zionist rabbi has stopped saying the Prayer for the State of Israel
“I hope that this government falls and is replaced by something better,” Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky explained
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