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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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Dear internet: Having Jews in movies isn’t ‘Zionist propaganda’
Viewers of new films, and old, are missing the plot on the Jewish story
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The one Jewish value everyone should hold dear in the age of AI
Toiling is a mitzvah — and should provide a road map in the age of AI
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Why am I so much better at singing in Hebrew than in English?
Solving a mystery from my bat mitzvah, two decades later
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As editor-in-chief, I’m finding my way Forward (and back)
As a longtime muckracker turning my lens to Jewish affairs at a time of political tumult, I’m mindful of the legacy set by Abraham Cahan
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How Alvin Ailey’s ‘Revelations’ evokes Yom Kippur for me
Is it ridiculous for me, a Jew, to start crying during "Fix Me, Jesus?" I don't think so.
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Emma Goldman, superstar? The Jewish anarchist has a surprising role to play in American musical theater
Goldman turns up a lot in musicals — what would she think of that?
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What this year’s Hallmark Hanukkah movie says about America
Hallmark is the epitome of mainstream, making its Hanukkah movies a good barometer for the place of Jewish culture in the U.S.
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My favorite Christmas scene in literature — and why it makes me feel so Jewish
Louisa May Alcott's 'Eight Cousins' is set in a distinctly un-Jewish milieu, but I saw myself on the page all the same
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