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My non-Jewish husband doesn’t fast for Yom Kippur. We spend the day in shul together anyway
Jews are heading into a new year. But our non-Jewish family members are heading into a new season with us, too.
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Opinion Netanyahu is deeply unpopular in America. So why is he coming to the UN?
Netanyahu may still find it a pleasant respite from what he faces in Israel.
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Opinion Israeli Jews are ‘crying out in pain.’ How will we respond?
If we want to test whether or not the Jewish people are still one body, we must see how one head responds to the suffering of the other.
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Opinion Social media is a powerful tool to lobby for Jewish divorce. A court nearly took it away
Without receiving a Jewish divorce document, Jewish law prohibits women from remarrying
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Opinion For years, I struggled to reconcile my Iranian Jewish identity. The women’s protests have made me whole
Rosh Hashanah marks one year since the death of Mahsa Jina Amini at the hands of Iran's morality police for 'improperly' wearing her hijab
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Opinion ‘Entire neighborhoods were wiped away’ : United Hatzalah medic on Morocco’s devastating earthquake
More than 2,900 people are dead after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck late Friday evening
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Opinion Israel’s Supreme Court is ruling on its own future. What should American Jews do?
The fight against Israel's judicial overhaul requires American Jews to get involved
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Books A canceled JCC book talk shows Jews are entering a dangerous era of self-censorship
The Jewish author was told by the Mandel JCC in Florida that the political climate was 'complicated'
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Opinion I led an antisemitism training for workers in a labor dispute with their Hasidic bosses. Here’s what I learned
I often hear the complaint that 'no one is talking about antisemitism' in organizing spaces, and that is simply untrue
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Opinion The genocide in Darfur didn’t go away, but the Jewish community’s attention did
'Never Again' has become never mind.
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Opinion By targeting the ADL, Musk has chosen Jews as his scapegoat
Musk is crafting a narrative that Jews are tanking the value of his company X
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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News Floyd Mayweather showered cash on Jewish causes — and now he’s suing their ‘Robin Hood’ alleging $175 million got diverted
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Opinion How can I live freely as a Jew in a world where strangers rip my mezuzah off my doorframe?
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Opinion Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story?
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