Alan Dershowitz helps out with a High Holiday dilemma
The lawyer and retired law school professor, guest-hosting as a Bintel Brief columnist, weighs in on canceling classes
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BINTEL BRIEF I love traditional Rosh Hashanah services, but my wife says no to gender-segregated seating
In 1975, Bintel said the husband gets 'the last word.' That won't fly today. But how to resolve differences in High Holiday practices remains an intriguing question
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Opinion Jewish Phish fans swim in their own holy waters
For many Jewish Phish fans, concerts are a joyful space to connect with other Jews, celebrate tradition — and even catch a signature High Holidays prayer.
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Opinion As we approach the High Holidays, I’m making amends for my smartphone addiction
I'm doing teshuva for choosing screens over faces
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Culture Long before the blockbuster movie, Barbie taught me how to embrace Judaism — and celebrate Yom Kippur
A 2005 documentary showed me that the history of Barbie and the history of American Jews are weirdly connected
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Fast Forward Across Ukraine, a somber High Holiday season captures how war has ravaged a growing Jewish community
Leaders look for silver linings in a city full of Jewish refugees and near the capital, where a commemoration ceremony symbolizes “reconciliation.”
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Fast Forward How concierge IV therapy went from Instagram trend to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack
Some Jews who want to fast on Yom Kippur resort to IV hydration — often against doctors’ and rabbis’ advice
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Fast Forward Biden to Jewish audience: ‘I probably went to shul more than many of you did’
Biden hosted Jewish leaders at the first White House Rosh Hashanah reception and made his traditional call to rabbis
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