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Want to fill seats in shul? Take a lesson from southern evangelicals
It will not surprise anyone that Christianity is alive and well in the South.
Brooklyn Moms Bond. 6 Years Later, A New Jewish Congregation Is Born.
“We had this enterprising spirit: If you can’t find it, build it,” Abrams said. “Which I think is very Jewish.”
Dutch Jews Protest Turkish Developer’s Plan To Turn Synagogue Into Eatery
The new owner said that the Jewish community could still keep using the building if they pay “full rent” for it.
The Beef With Schumer’s Pork: Readers’ 2 Cents
Readers responded in a variety of ways to our query about the coverage of Chuck Schumer’s porky meatloaf. Here’s what they said.
The Benefits of Airing Deep Splits Among Jews
2015 will finally be the year that the American Jewish community gets comfortable airing its disagreements in public. Yehuda Kurtzer says that’s a good thing.
Help Us Find The Do-ers
All across the country young Jews are working to improve their communities. We want to find those people and share their stories. We’re looking for The Do-ers.
President of Rome Jewish Community Was Also Sent Severed Pig's Head
The president of the Rome Jewish community revealed that he too had been sent the severed head of a pig about 10 days after pig heads were sent to Rome’s main synagogue, the Israeli embassy and a museum with an exhibit on Jewish culture in January.
Watch Alison Brie Read Craigslist 'Missed Connections'
How do you make Craigslist less creepy? Call in Alison Brie.
Kibbutz-Like Plans Take Shape in Rural America
For most of the seven years Tova Kinderlehrer lived with her young family in Pittsburgh, she wished she were somewhere else.
Idit Klein
In less than two decades, Keshet has evolved from a small grassroots group in Boston advocating the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Jewish life to a nationwide organization that, today, operates on a $1.7 million budget and has educators in over 200 Jewish communities across the country.