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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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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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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Meet Mark Robinson, the Republican frontrunner in the North Carolina governor’s race accused of antisemitism
As Robinson appears on track to become the Republican nominee next year, his controversial record is being scrutinized
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A synagogue plans to sue a cemetery that rejects its burial practices
Members of Congregation Beth Jacob in Atlanta have said a rule barring temporary grave markers defies Jewish law
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Antisemites, right-wingers, progressives … the ADL takes heat from all sides
The Anti-Defamation League is the most prominent organization fighting antisemitism. It’s also fighting a wide array of critics.
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All the Jewish NFL players to watch in the 2023-2024 season
Plus a few off-the-field Jewish storylines and free agents looking to make comebacks
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Books Biden decided to ‘smother Netanyahu with love’ during 2021 Gaza conflict, new book claims
Franklin Foer’s new book on Biden’s presidency includes a chapter that conveys his hesitancy to get tough with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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A Serbian city’s Jewish community barely survived the Holocaust. Now it might die out.
Novi Sad, once a center of Jewish life in prewar Yugoslavia, is struggling to revive its Jewish community in a country threatened by far-right nationalism and beset by economic turmoil
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