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‘Succession,’ ‘Barry’ and the very Jewish nature of unresolved endings
Moses’ unrealized dream of entering the promised land would make a great HBO show, writes a Jewish educator
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Opinion Why did two LA lawyers tank their careers with antisemitic emails?
John Barber and Jeff Ranen epitomized the ‘revolt of the normies’
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Opinion Your guide to 2023’s Jewish Tony Awards nominees
Featuring Micaela Diamond, Tom Stoppard, Brandon Uranowitz and Jessica Hecht
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Opinion Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
Only in the past few years have the stories and experiences of trans people in Nazi Germany come to light
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Opinion What makes a ‘Jewish’ politician?
From Jewish summer camp to the struggle for Soviet Jewry, Zev Yaroslavsky’s new memoir describes the experiences that shaped his values
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Opinion Why I, as an Orthodox rabbi, am committed to LGBTQ+ inclusion
It’s a religious imperative for my fellow Orthodox Jews to fully embrace LGBTQ+ people
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Opinion The debt ceiling compromise reflects deep Jewish wisdom
President Biden and Speaker McCarthy were right to compromise, writes a rabbi.
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Opinion I’m a rabbi at Princeton. Our campus is not a ‘hotbed of antisemitism’
Check with college students, not social media
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Opinion When a breast cancer diagnosis knocked me down, a network of Jewish women lifted me up
I was stunned by the number of friends my age who sent me messages to tell me they had recently gone through the same thing
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Opinion The White House antisemitism plan is full of good ideas. Will it actually help Jews?
Combatting American antisemitism will require fixing our broken society
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Opinion Israel is failing to protect its Arab citizens
The rate of violent crime in Arab communities has soared since Netanyahu's far-right government took power
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Opinion Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story?
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