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Fast Forward Rabbi Harold Kushner, whose works of practical theology were best-sellers, dies at 88
Kushner's "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" has sold more than 4 million copies in at least 12 languages.
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Books How Harold Kushner overcame some of life’s disappointments to become a publishing juggernaut
The author of 'When Bad Things Happen to Good People' has died at the age of 88
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Letters 13 NY rabbis to Jamaal Bowman: Quit your anti-Israel charades
An open letter from 13 New York rabbis criticizes Bowman's efforts to shift U.S. policy toward Israel
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Yiddish World VIDEO: Rabbi Yosef Ber Soloveitchik speaks about Passover
Soloveitchik, called The Rav by his students, is considered one of the most influential leaders of Modern Orthodoxy in 20th century America.
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Opinion Russia’s Jews are caught in the messy politics of Putin’s war
Many Russian Jews, caught in a war no one asked for, are seeking a new life elsewhere
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Yiddish World VIDEO: In historic first, a female Orthodox rabbi opens prayer at a state legislature
Miriam Udel is both an ordained rabbi and an acclaimed professor of Yiddish literature at Emory University
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Opinion Another seminary welcomes students in interfaith relationships. It’s time for the rest of liberal rabbinic schools to follow suit
Hebrew College is the latest rabbinical school to revoke its policy of banning students in interfaith relationships
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Letters Should we still recite the Prayer for the State of Israel if we disagree with its government?
A government and its policies should have little to do with the religious significance of Israel and our support for it
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Fast Forward How phase one of the Gaza peace plan is beginning to fray
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Opinion ‘They’re fed up’: Post-ceasefire, Israel faces an enormous political reckoning
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