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In the path of Hurricane Ian, rabbis open their homes and safeguard Torahs
'It’s pretty awful out there,' said Rabbi Bruce Diamond, watching the hurricane rage outside his Fort Myers home
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Sports Sandy Koufax wouldn’t play on Yom Kippur. Neither would another ace Jewish pitcher.
Ken Holtzman, who pitched for the Cubs and the A’s, had a longer career than Koufax, and more Yom Kippurs off the mound
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Known as the ‘Queen of Shuls,’ it’s missing just one thing: Jews
The synagogue is filled with relics and remnants of immigrant life, a magnificent fresco, a huge, ornate ark and 1,109 seats
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How an accidental activist became the ‘foreign minister of the Jewish people’
David Harris, stepping down after 32 years as head of the American Jewish Committee, looks back at the Soviet Jewry movement that shaped him
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As Pride club takes on Yeshiva University, LGBTQ students at other religious colleges take notice
Two other LGBTQ discrimination lawsuits are moving through the courts
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‘The synagogue is in the street’: On Yom Kippur, Tel Aviv shows another side of itself
Even the secular appreciate the 25 hours of calm
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Puerto Rico’s synagogues prepare for Rosh Hashanah in the wake of Hurricane Fiona
It might be a bit warm during services at Temple Beth Shalom, where storm damage compromised its generator
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Why right-wing Christian politicians are blowing the shofar
To many Jews, it’s a hijacking of a sacred object, often by those who traffic in antisemitism
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A Long Island synagogue’s renovations uncover a massive work of art
At the High Holidays, many Merrick Jewish Centre congregants will get a first look at a forgotten treasure
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Defying Ukraine’s wartime warnings, thousands of Hasidic pilgrims have made it to Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Some are ignoring curfew and other local rules imposed since the Russian invasion — a war that has seen the town bombed multiple times
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Pay to pray? Not anymore. Many synagogues no longer charging for High Holiday tickets
‘It makes sense to us to reduce any perceived barriers to coming to synagogue,’ one rabbi said
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