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Dr. Ruth still has plenty to say about your sex life
Dr. Ruth Westheimer remains the world’s best-loved sex therapist at 95. Now working on a new project about loneliness, she reflects on 50 years of helping people have better sex
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How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah
Since the 1980s, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement has sent emissaries to some of the most remote places on earth — including these places in the outback
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Avoiding germs, guzzling water, searching their souls: How 5 cantors prep for the High Holidays
For months they have trained for ‘the cantor’s Olympics’
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She voted against creating a day to end ‘Jew hatred.’ Now she’s introducing a bill to combat antisemitism.
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Israel’s judicial overhaul is facing a new test — but for protesters, the fight is about much more than the courts
LGBTQ+ protesters, women and other minority groups worry their rights are under attack
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How to protect your congregation from swatting and bomb threats during High Holiday services
Several Jewish institutions grappled with these threats from white supremacists this summer, and experts say preparing can help mitigate any disruptions
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Books Elon Musk doubted biblical miracles but loves Mel Brooks
Walter Isaacson's doorstopper biography reveals a skeptical Musk who likes Jewish humor
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Sermonizing about Israel can be risky. These High Holidays, some rabbis feel compelled to.
Israel ‘is at an inflection point,’ one rabbi said
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Politics Under fire for pledging to cut aid to Israel, Vivek Ramaswamy says he’s outspoken just like Israelis
The GOP presidential candidate also defended his participation in a podcast whose host trafficks in antisemitism
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Girls wore pants. Prayer was optional. Was this modern Orthodox school too open-minded for its own good?
The Idea School attracted queer students and others who appreciated its belief that students should pilot their own religious journeys
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Politics Vivek Ramaswamy is guest of a podcaster who says Jews ‘own almost everything’
Ramaswamy said he was unaware of the YouTuber’s views on Jews going into the interview
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