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Hasidic Comedian Shows LGBTQ Support At Jerusalem Pride March
On Thursday, August 2, Hasidic comedian Yisrael Campbell left his home in Jerusalem and headed to the Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance. He’s been going since 2016, the year after ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel stabbed and murdered 16-year-old Shira Banki, and wounded six others at the parade. Campbell made his way to the memorial…
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During The AIDS Crisis, This Gay Jewish Cookbook Kept A Community Together
There’s a cookbook titled “Out of Our Kitchen Closets: San Francisco Gay Jewish Cooking.” It’s out of print. There are a few, remaining used copies floating around Amazon and eBay, but that’s it. The cover is colorful, a rainbow ending in piles of produce. This cookbook is the stuff of queer, hedonistic kitchen fantasy, chock…
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Forgetting A Child In A Car Can Have Deadly Consequences. A New Israeli Device Promises to Prevent It.
Every nine days a child in the United States dies from vehicular heat stroke. Most parents think it can’t happen to them, and yet statistics reveal that 55% of the time tragedy strikes, it is the child’s parent that unknowingly left them inside the vehicle, according to KidsandCars.org. Adam Tannenbaum, a technology strategist and father…
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Orthodox Millennial Couple Creates App ‘For Serious Daters Only’
Brooke, 30, an Orthodox woman divorced for six years, wants a meaningful relationship that will lead to marriage, but that is proving to be a challenge. She has tried matchmakers, popular in her circle, but most of them don’t give thought to the matches, ignoring her personal qualities and tastes. She’s tried Jewish dating sites…
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The Ultimate Jerusalem Food Crawl: Mahane Yehuda’s Most Tantalizing Must-Eats
Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Shuk is a vibrant market by day, and a party, live music and a bar scene by night. There’s unparalleled exuberance, history and character to this market, which was established at the dawn of the 19th century, went through many upheavals, and an eventual revival. The nonchalant elderly men play backgammon in…
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By The Numbers: The Forward’s College Guide Formula, Explained
After months of collecting data and crunching the numbers, we’re proud to present the second annual edition of the Forward’s innovative and award-winning Jewish College Guide, a comprehensive review of the best U.S colleges and universities for Jewish students. This year’s guide features 215 colleges and universities — including 44 new entries. As we did…
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Translating The Ancient ‘Ethics Of Our Fathers’ Into A Graphic Novel
With the onslaught of a new-age movement, where religion can be cool and believing in a superior power higher than thyself is deemed the bee’s knees, millenials have taken to Instagram to showcase their love for religion through art. One such artist, who combines Jewish principles with graphic art, is Jessica Tamar Deutsch. Her book,…
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‘My dark secret’: Orthodox women reveal their abortion stories
Abortion is never simple — no matter the state, the stage of pregnancy, or the reason. While the nation is besotted with headlines, as Roe v. Wade is once again brought to the forefront of debate, we often overlook the actual stories of women who go through this experience. But there is one group of…
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What You’re Getting Wrong About Abortion And Judaism
The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court has brought to the fore the question of his attitudes toward abortion and the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade, a key Supreme Court decision on this issue. Predictably, opposition to Kavanaugh aligns with a “pro-choice” position and with Democratic partisanship, whereas support for Kavanaugh…
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The Lives Of American Jewish Women — As Seen Through Their Glossy Magazines
Rosa Sonnenschein, an Austrian-born, quick-witted rabbi’s wife living in St. Louis in the late 1800s, wore her curly black hair piled atop her head in a chignon, and only the most fashionable gowns of the era. This, however, is an aside: Sonnenschein was a successful writer and journalist; a seminal voice speaking up for women’s…
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With A Sapphire Ring, We Embraced The Uncertain
You never know when it’ll get you. I mean tradition. You walk through life managing to make difficult and unconventional but seemingly-right-for-you choices — you say no to Harvard, you quit The New Yorker, you say no to the Iowa Writers’ Workshop — and then one bright day you’re ready to propose and you find…
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