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Food How did a Muslim-owned delicatessen wind up making some of New York’s best Jewish pastrami and brisket?
New York's Jewish, Muslim, and Black communities converge around deli sandwiches at David's Brisket House, where everything is strictly halal
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Culture Why an iconoclastic Jewish scholar thought Islam held a key to improving Judaism
Pioneering author Ignaz Goldziher was a lifelong champion of Talmud but rejected hidebound observance
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Opinion A German tabloid called me antisemitic. It cost me my job. Now, it’s my turn to speak
This piece originally appeared in German in Berliner Zeitung. English translation by Léon Dische Becker. A psychologist recently introduced me to the concept of “learned helplessness.” It describes what I’ve experienced in the past few weeks: moments of pure panic that left me frozen in the moment, unable to breathe. I was living in fear…
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Fast Forward Islamists have declared war on France, Jewish community leader says following fatal church stabbings
Islamists have declared war on France, a senior leader of French Jews said following multiple assaults, including the murder of three people at a church in Nice. Gil Taieb, the vice president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, made the comments Thursday in reference to the beheading of one woman and the…
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Community To save Palestinian lives, Jews, Christians and Muslims unite
For the first time ever, Muslims, Jews and Christians in Greater Washington are uniting around a mission of saving Palestinian lives and supporting Israelis and Palestinians who are committed to working together for the benefit of all. Since the beginning of June, our congregations, the All-Dulles Area Muslim Society, Temple Rodef Shalom and St. John’s…
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Fast Forward Americans Love Jews But Are Clueless About Judaism, Survey Finds
(JTA) — U.S. Jews know more about religion in general than their non-Jewish neighbors, a new survey shows. Americans who are not Jewish, meanwhile, don’t know a lot about Judaism. But they like Jews more than any other religious group. And they think there are more Jews in the country than there actually are. The…
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Opinion Ilhan Omar Should Lead The Fight Against Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
In passing a resolution rejecting anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry last week, our representatives on Capitol Hill have taken an important step towards addressing patterns of violence and bigotry that continue to fester in our society. As anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim rhetoric increasingly poison domestic and foreign policy debates around the world, it’s critical for…
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Opinion Don’t Fall For ‘Both-Siderism’ Trap On Anti-Semitism
In the aftermath of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh, the argument over the source of danger to American Jews — the social justice left or the right’s white nationalist movement — is over. Right-wing anti-Semitism and white nationalism pose the single greatest threat to the safety of the American Jewish community. Our response…
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Culture Henry Kissinger: ‘If it were not for the accident of my birth, I would be antisemitic.’
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Opinion How Oct. 7 is reshaping the Zionist — and anti-Zionist — left in the US
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Fast Forward German state of Saxony-Anhalt now requires citizenship applicants to sign statement in support of Israel
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Film & TV How a sly Jewish playwright wrote ‘the Citizen Kane of horror movies’
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Culture Every American Hanukkah special, movie and TV episode worth knowing about
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News A Jewish dad says he’s afraid to light a menorah this Hanukkah. So he’s asking non-Jews to display them in solidarity.
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