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Politics ‘The feeling is, wow’: Orthodox attitude toward Biden shifts amid show of support for Israel
Regardless, recent polls show Orthodox Jews leaning heavily toward the Republican presidential candidate by a wide margin
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Fast Forward To support Israel, they’re saying nothing at all
A commitment to not talk during prayer services — for months — has more than 1,000 signups in just five days
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Opinion I left the Hasidic world three years ago. This time of year, I dearly miss it
Leaving the Hasidic world was deeply painful, but I still feel a pang of longing for my old life
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News Orthodox Judaism has its first openly gay congregational rabbi. This is his story.
When a therapist proposed integrating his rabbinical and queer selves a few years ago, Rabbi Shua Brick just laughed
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Archive From the archive: Orthodox sage ‘comes out’ as a center debuts in Jerusalem
Orthodox Rabbi Steve Greenberg in 1999 revealed his queer identity in the Forward and the Israeli newspaper, Ma'ariv
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Fast Forward The late Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ unpublished works to be digitized
Sefaria, the Jewish digital library, is adding to its online archive of the former UK chief rabbi's teachings
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Fast Forward Special election: Two Orthodox candidates face off in a close race for NY Assembly
Lee Zeldin, the GOP gubernatorial nominee, last year won in the predominantly Democratic district
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Fast Forward Vandals smashed glass at several kosher restaurants in Los Angeles over Shabbat
The Pico-Robertson neighborhood has been struck by antisemitic incidents in the past year
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