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When Judaism didn’t offer rituals for a stillbirth, a grieving couple created their own
Rabbi Ilan Glazer and his wife Sherri Glazer also wrote Hebrew songs inspired by their family’s loss
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No more hostage posters: Colleges rewrite rules on speech because of Israel-Hamas war
Lawsuits alleging antisemitism have prompted universities to change policies in unexpected ways
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Rabbi Art Green, prominent scholar of Hasidic Judaism, is barred from Hebrew College following sexual misconduct allegation
In interviews and a public email, Green acknowledged that he had behaved inappropriately but said he did not believe the incident merited his ouster from the seminary he started
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Politics J Street withdraws endorsement of Jamaal Bowman for ‘crossing the line’ on Israel-Hamas war
J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami said the reevaluation was prompted by Bowman's recent statements about Israel, including accusations of genocide
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Looking Forward Why a Trump-Biden rematch is bad for the Jews
Just because we are stuck with a Biden-Trump rematch, doesn't mean we have to accept the degradation in our discourse.
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Sports Meet Abbey Levy, rising Jewish star in the brand new Professional Women’s Hockey League
Levy, who plays for the New York team, said she appreciates the importance of Jewish representation in hockey
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‘A kangaroo court’: Israelis await Hague genocide decision with outrage, anxiety
The mood in Tel Aviv was contentious on the eve of the International Court of Justice's first ruling on genocide charges brought by South Africa
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BDS movement targets Standing Together over ‘normalization’
A wing of the international boycott movement said that Standing Together, one of the leading voices in Israel opposed to the war in Gaza, sought to 'whitewash Israel's ongoing genocide'
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Politics How the ‘Vote Ceasefire’ campaign fared in the New Hampshire primary
Depends on who you ask
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Romi Gonen, Itay Chen, Kfir Bibas. Every Israeli Jew holds a particular hostage in their heart
They yearn for the release of all 132 remaining in captivity, but focus on individual faces and stories
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Why would anyone convert to Judaism after Oct. 7?
Despite rising antisemitism, interest in conversion is up and those already on the path are sticking with it
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