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On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, mourners and conspiracy theorists mingled at ground zero
Exactly 20 years after 9/11, the memorial at ground zero in Manhattan was a mix of blase tourists, mourners and conspiracy theorists
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He died in the Towers. In a Manhattan synagogue, his legacy continues to grow.
'I remember him being quiet but powerful, this comforting voice'
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The 9/11 story I never got to write
Jodi Rudoren recalls that fateful day
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Vermont’s largest city could become first in U.S. to endorse BDS
Burlington, Vermont’s largest city, would become the first in the nation to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel if its city council approves a proposed resolution at its meeting Monday evening. While cities including Portland, Oregon; Berkeley and St. Louis have divested from specific companies targeted by pro-Palestinian activists, Burlington would be…
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‘Your voice matters’: How Israel’s new government is reaching out to American Jews
The new Israeli government is made up of parties who agree on little other than their common desire to prevent Benjamin Netanyahu from returning to power, and many have questioned whether it may quickly come undone. But Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, the leaders of its two main factions, insist that…
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20 years ago, the UN Durban Conference aimed to combat racism. It devolved into a ‘festival of hate’ against Jews.
(JTA) — Some of the Jewish organizational officials flying into the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, on the last week of August 2001 were excited. They believed the U.N.’s anti-racism conference there would be an opportunity to exchange notes on a cause that the Jewish world had worked on for decades. Others, steeped in…
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Family of executed Iranian Jewish businessman still seeks justice, 40 years later
Fakhri Gedooshim, an 85-year-old Iranian Jewish widow and grandmother living in Beverly Hills, still weeps uncontrollably when recalling the horror she and her family faced when her late husband Mansour was executed by Iran’s Islamic regime 40 years ago this month. With the anniversary of her husband’s killing on September 20, Gedooshim said she decided…
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Dungeons & Dragons has united a diverse group of rabbis. But their commitment to social justice has faced a challenge.
(JTA) — The adventurers arrived at Morgur’s Mound, an archaeological site ringed with dragon bones. There they stumbled upon some treasure: a fire giant’s gold-plated tooth. They grabbed the tooth and tried to leave the site, but suddenly the ground began to shake. “Four animated thunder beast skeletons erupt from the mound and attack you,”…
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How the National 9/11 Memorial changed public grief — and the Israeli-American architect who designed it
Michael Arad, Israeli-American architect of the National 9/11 Memorial, reflects on its meaning 20 years after 9/11
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We asked for your 9/11 stories. With grief, hope and faith, you responded.
9/11 changed all our lives. Here, Forward readers share their stories of that tragic day
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‘Something beautiful to contribute’: For second year, Jews of color hold online High Holiday services
A year ago, as the pandemic raged with no end in sight and many Jews of color continued to report acts of exclusion in mainstream congregations, leaders of one multicultural Jewish group seized on an idea: Why not hold our own services online? That became the Jews of Color, Sephardi, Mizrahi, Latinx-led High Holy Days…
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