Alabama is forcing the Ten Commandments into my children’s classrooms. As a rabbi, I’m horrified
This law privileges a specifically Christian interpretation of a central Jewish text
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Weapons, a suitcase full of ammo and body armor were also confiscated from the suspect, Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker
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Dothan’s Temple Emanu-El synagogue made national headlines with a bold plan to revive Jewish life
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Fast Forward Jewish fertility group is helping Alabama clients undergo IVF elsewhere after state’s explosive ‘fetal personhood’ ruling
‘This was kind of the worst-case scenario post-Dobbs,’ said Elana Frank, CEO and founder of the Jewish Fertility Foundation
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Opinion Does Torah allow fighting back — with folding chairs?
Unprovoked attack on Black boat captain fuels a melee — and hilarity online
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Nazi collaborator monuments Alabama museum removes quotation by Nazi scientist
Several items honoring NASA’s Wernher von Braun still remain around the US
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News There are no Jews in the Alabama legislature. That could soon change.
Raised in Manhattan, Phil Ensler was inspired by the civil rights movement to move to the Deep South and work on racial justice issues
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Opinion A Muslim and a Jew face the Bible Belt: Meet the only two doctors in Alabama providing gender-affirming care to trans youth
Their work is under assault by the Alabama legislature, which recently passed a law criminalizing trans health care
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