This is the Forward’s coverage of rabbis, the spiritual leaders of Jewish congregations.
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Culture More rabbis of color are being ordained. Why aren’t they on the bimah?
Virtually no Black rabbis lead mainstream Jewish congregations
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BINTEL BRIEF I have a crush on my rabbi. Is it OK to ask him out?
Bintel says sure, but know that your private life may soon be the subject of public conversation
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News Amid a rabbi shortage, some synagogues opt for a cantor instead
More cantors are taking on rabbinical roles, and some are seeking out dual ordination
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News Rabbinical students are drifting away from Israel. Here’s how one synagogue is responding
A Los Angeles congregation is worried that future rabbis could be swayed by ‘a celebrity who tweets or posts a TikTok claiming Israel is an apartheid state’
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FIRST PERSON As a rabbi, he helped others mourn. So why wouldn’t his daughter say kaddish for him?
On Father's Day, the daughter of an abusive man finds comfort in one happy memory: cholent for Shabbat
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News Hey kid, do you want to be a rabbi? Facing a shortage, Conservative movement looks to teens
Only seven students have enrolled in the incoming first-year class at JTS, the Conservative movement's rabbinical school in New York
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News This lawmaker and rabbi was scheduled to deliver an invocation. His colleagues replaced him with a Christian
'So many Montanans suffered so many indignities this session that being barred from leading a prayer pales by comparison,' said Montana Rep. and Rabbi Ed Stafman
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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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Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
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News DNA test kits spark a surge of online conversions to Judaism in the U.S.
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Opinion What does Mamdani’s response to synagogue protests mean for Jews? No one will like the answer.
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Opinion More than 25% of Israelis want to leave the country. How did we get here?
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