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Eggs or meat? More lessons from my weekly shift at a local food pantry
Oatmeal and black beans are big sellers, diapers are like gold and, it turns out, so are eggs
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Opinion The teenage trauma of being forced to work on Rosh Hashanah — at a shul
Being a ticket-taker at a popular theater was a fun way to spend a summer. But then the High Holidays came. And the manager asked me to rip tickets, not caring that I was Jewish
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Opinion Just in time for Rosh Hashanah, a new reason to feel guilty
If throwing bread for tashlich is wrong, do I want to be right?
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Letters How does one buy sustainable lox?
A sustainability executive from Acme Smoked Fish weighs in
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Opinion As the queen is laid to rest, a former aide remembers the most Jewish moment he witnessed by her side
‘To 120,’ a well-wisher told the monarch when she was 86, provoking amusement and bafflement
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Opinion Queen Elizabeth mattered. Civil religion explains why.
Like Elie Wiesel, the late monarch drew her soft power from what she embodied
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Opinion How do you turn Saturday into Shabbat?
A local cafe owner closed for the Jewish day of rest. Revenue is down 12% but his spirit is up
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Opinion Israeli city refuses to allow a synagogue for Reform congregation. We’re suing
In Israel, funds for synagogue construction are channeled almost exclusively to the ultra-Orthodox
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Opinion I understand why some Orthodox Jews hate The New York Times’ yeshiva report. But ignoring our failures doesn’t help Hasidic boys like mine
Virtually every Hasidic child is taught that outsiders and even non-Orthodox Jews are to be feared, writes one parent of ultra-Orthodox children.
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Opinion The White House is holding a summit on extremist violence. Here’s what must come next
The summit should be the start of a more productive relationship, writes ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt
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Opinion A New York synagogue banned lox. That’s not as crazy as it sounds
The move by B'nai Jeshurun provoked outrage and mockery, but other synagogues should take a lesson
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Culture Why Saying ‘L’Shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah May Not Be the Correct Phrase
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Culture This vintage video of a Jewish boys choir has gone viral on TikTok — and it’s a joy to watch
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News Pay to pray? Not anymore. Many synagogues no longer charging for High Holiday tickets
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Opinion Just in time for Rosh Hashanah, a new reason to feel guilty
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Yiddish צווישן די קורסן בײַם אַרבעטער רינג — אַמעריקאַנער ייִדישע מחברים וואָס האָבן געשריבן אין און וועגן אוקראַיִנעAmong the Workers Circle courses: American Yiddish authors who wrote in and about Ukraine
מע וועט אויך לערנען קורסן וועגן די זכרונות פֿונעם לאָדזשער בונדיסט פּינחס מינץ און וויסנשאַפֿטלעכע טערמינען אויף ייִדיש
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Fast Forward Kandinsky painting returned to Jewish family as Netherlands shifts approach to looted art
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Yiddish זענען די דינאָזאַווערס אויסגעשטאָרבן צוליב אַטמאָספֿער־בײַטן?Did atmospheric changes kill the dinosaurs?
די וויסנשאַפֿטלער וואָרענען, אַז מיר קאָנען שאַפֿן אויף דער ערד די זעלבע באַדינגונגען, וואָס האָבן גורם געווען אַ גלאָבאַלע קאַטאַסטראָפֿע.
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Hybrid: Online and at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
Oct 2, 2022
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A Sukkah, IMKHA, created by artist Tobi Kahn, for the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan is an installation consisting of 13 interrelated sculpted painted wooden panels, constituting a single work of art. Join for a panel discussion with Rabbi Joanna Samuels, Chief Executive Director of the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan, Talya Zax, Innovation Editor of the Forward, and Tobi Kahn, Artist. Moderated by Mattie Kahn.