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News He built a bar at his JCC. Here’s what he’s planning for the other JCCs in North America
Barak Hermann is using his background in the hospitality industry to reinvent the Jewish community center
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Fast Forward Marvelous day for a moon dance? Eclipse parties, talks and trips at JCCs, synagogues
Rabbi says watching together will be ‘something joyous and celebratory'
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BINTEL BRIEF Readers respond to the lost and lonely Jews: ‘We feel your pain’
Support and more ideas from Bintel’s inbox for Jews who feel disconnected
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Books A canceled JCC book talk shows Jews are entering a dangerous era of self-censorship
The Jewish author was told by the Mandel JCC in Florida that the political climate was 'complicated'
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Books A Florida JCC canceled a Jewish author’s talk because her novel mentions slavery
The JCC cited the state’s ‘political climate’ in canceling a talk about Rachel Beanland’s book, set in 1811 in Virginia
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BINTEL BRIEF I feel so disconnected from Jewish life. Help me find the right community
Readers say they’re lost and lonely and nothing seems to fit. Bintel crowdsourced ideas for finding and forging Jewish connections
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Letters American and European JCCs do not share the same mission, and that’s a good thing
European JCCs focus on a renewal of Jewish life where it has been previously dormant
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Opinion Photos: In the last year, eight million Ukrainians have become refugees
With over three million refugees in Poland alone, Europe continues to absorb Ukrainians fleeing the war
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Opinion Hamas made a remarkable offer — because Trump laid a remarkable trap
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News Hundreds of Northwestern students can’t register for class because they won’t watch an antisemitism training video. Here’s what’s in it.
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Fast Forward Hegseth says ‘no more beardos’ in the military. What about religious exemptions?
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Opinion A Yom Kippur confessional for 2025
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Fast Forward 2 years after Oct. 7 shattered them, Israel’s border kibbutzes are drawing new dreamers
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Fast Forward NYC synagogue hosts Catholic archbishop and Sandy Koufax jersey to mark 60-year milestones in American Jewish history
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News Two years in, some are asking if the war in Gaza is changing Judaism
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News Analysis: Is Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan more about MAGA than the Middle East?
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