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Books What the Jewish author behind one of America’s most banned books has to say about censorship today
David Levithan, a pioneering author of queer young adult novels, is part of a landmark lawsuit against a Florida school district's book bans
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Opinion What’s really at stake in the legal struggle between Yeshiva University and its LGBTQ+ students
YU claims to be fighting for religious liberty, despite considerable internal opposition to its legal offensive
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Fast Forward Israel recognizes marriage of same-sex immigrant couple who married online in Russia
The attorney representing the couple said that the decision by Israel's immigration authority set a precedent and that there is 'no reason why other couples should not have their marriages recognized'
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Opinion How Yiddish taught me to embrace the joy and defiance of being queer
A culture with no country is well-suited for people being rejected by theirs, writes the social justice organizer at the Workers Circle
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Opinion Nonbinary genders beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot
People sometimes assume religious traditions’ ideas about gender have always been conservative and unchanging
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News Kosher bakery, under fire for refusing to make Pride pastries, welcomes Supreme Court ruling
The decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis had particular resonance in the West Orange Jewish community
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Fast Forward In notable stand, Israel’s ambassador to US says ‘trans rights are human rights’
Michael Herzog's unapologetic defense of LGBTQ rights, and the call to oppose "bigotry" made his speech unusually political
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Fast Forward A New Jersey mayor apologizes for removing Pride flags at 2 synagogues’ request
The city of Highland Park has reinstated four Pride flags two rabbis had asked the mayor to take down
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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
In Case You Missed It
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Yiddish ייִדישע דעטעקטיװ־מעשׂיות פֿון דער אַמאָליקער גאַליציע — אויף ענגלישYiddish detective stories from Galicia, now in English
דער שרײַבער יונה קרעפּעל האָט געשאַפֿן דעם „ייִדישן שערלאָק האָלמעס“, מאַקס שפּיצקאָפּף, װאָס האָט געראַטעװעט ייִדן פֿון כּלערלײ צרות.
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Fast Forward In a final interview, Jane Goodall said she wanted to send Netanyahu on a one-way trip to space
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Yiddish „איך פֿיל דעם טאַטן די גאַנצע צײַט“ “I feel my father all the time”
די מחברטע איז די 14־יאָריקע טאָכטער פֿון דעניס בעלענקי, אַ קרבן פֿון די אַטאַקן פֿונעם 7טן אָקטאָבער
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Fast Forward The deadliest act of antisemitism on American soil is remembered in a new exhibit
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