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Community Cutting Reproductive Healthcare Hurts Women — And Rejects Jewish Teaching
When I go to my doctor, I worry about many things. Will they find anything new or worrisome? Will I have to suffer through a painful shot? Will they realize I don’t floss? I have never worried whether or not my doctor was using the full range of their knowledge to advise and treat me…
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Community Jews Have A Moral Obligation To Support Refugees
Nobody wants to be a refugee. To be forced from your home, your family, all that is familiar. No one wants to be one of the 1,995 children separated from their families at the border because of a most inhumane policy. Every minute, 20 people must flee their land because of terror, war or persecution,…
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Community Jews And Arabs Can Break Bread Together — So Why Can’t We Talk About The Conflict?
Last week, I sat with my students and colleagues at an exceptional student-led Iftar, the festive evening meal that breaks the Ramadan fast. Looking around at the mixed tables and watching everyone genuinely enjoy themselves over food (which was glatt mehadrin kosher food to accommodate Orthodox students and teachers), music and conversation, despite the longstanding…
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Community How Movement And Nature Can Breathe Life Into Your Spiritual Practice
Are you a Jewish mover and shaker? Literally. Do you move? Is movement part of your Jewish practice? What does that look like, and how does leading a more movement-rich life yield benefits for both ourselves as individuals and for the communities and ecosystems in which we move? Movement, especially in nature, is central to…
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Opinion The Hysteria Over An Israel/Diaspora Split Has To Stop.
The American Jewish Committee’s recent survey has already sparked considerable debate over the future of the Jewish people — indeed, whether there even is a single Jewish people. Most concerning to many is the finding that American Jews and Israeli Jews have diverged to the point that while a majority of both groups see the…
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Opinion The Lesson For Diaspora Jews In Israel’s Deplorable Conversion Law
The best that can be said about the proposed State Conversion Bill is that it is destined to be thrown away into the waste bin that Israeli politics has designated for the recommendations of committees appointed mostly to put out political fires. The proposal is not only a slap in the face, disguised with a…
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Fast Forward Texas Church Will Hold Lecture On ‘Dangerous’ Judaism
A Texas church’s summer lecture series includes Judaism as one of many “dangerous isms” — putting it in the same category as Islamism, alcoholism and pessimism, the Dallas Morning News reported. Greenville Avenue Church of Christ in Richardson, Texas will hold its “Dangerous Isms” summer series beginning on June 13, church minister, Shelton Gibbs III…
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Fast Forward Revlon Names Debra Perelman Its First Woman CEO
Beauty conglomerate Revlon Inc., whose repertoire includes iconic brands such as Revlon, Elizabeth Arden, and Almay, announced Debra Perelman as its next president and chief executive officer. She’s the first woman to hold those titles, Fast Company reported Wednesday. Perelman, 44, who was named chief operating officer four months ago, is the daughter of billionaire…
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