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  Do Jewish converts have to believe in God?

  A recent Alma column by an atheist convert to Judaism has provoked intense reactions

  By Nava Anne Grant

  3 min read
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  UC Berkeley has many Jewish-filled ‘zones.’ If you want to support campus Jews, learn about them

  Despite a decision by a small cohort to ban 'Zionist speakers,' Berkeley is not hostile to Jewish and Israeli students

  By Ron E. Hassner and Ethan B. Katz Oct 3, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Jewish voters have the power to carry Democrats in the midterms

  Abortion and the ongoing threats to democracy are the most important issues for Jewish voters

  By Halie Soifer Oct 3, 2022 | 4 min read

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• Dan Perry Trump is finally absolutely right about something in the Middle East

  

• Emily Tamkin Trump’s attack on George Soros is ludicrous. It also endangers Jews (and everyone else)

  

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  My relative running for Congress is part of a movement that endangers Jews. Should my family speak out?

  Just how far should we go for family loyalty, wonders a relative of a Trump loyalist

  By Daniel Miller Oct 3, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Does Jared Kushner know it’s almost Yom Kippur?

  'Breaking History' is long on self-praise and short on atonement

  By Rob Eshman Sep 30, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  This Yom Kippur, I want to forgive myself

  After a lifetime of negative self-talk, it’s time to make amends to myself

  By Nora Berman Sep 30, 2022 | 2 min read
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  Opinion

  Why I can’t stand hearing ‘a Jew is a Jew’

  The phrase is meant to affirm Jewish belonging, but it conveys an invalidation of individual harm

  By Tyler Samuels Sep 30, 2022 | 4 min read
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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

  By Robin Washington Sep 22, 2022 | 3 min read
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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?

  By Rob Eshman Sep 22, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Letters

  How does one buy sustainable lox?

  A sustainability executive from Acme Smoked Fish weighs in

  By Rob Snyder Sep 21, 2022 | 2 min read
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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

  By Zaki Cooper Sep 18, 2022 | 3 min read