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Opinion We’re seeing a great awakening of American Jews. Can it last beyond fear and anger?
Our faith and community has been taken for granted for too long
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Yiddish World Myth about the Khazar kingdom converting to Judaism is symbol of pride in this city
Astrakhan, near Kazakhstan, is the place where, according to the story, a nomadic king and his subjects became Jewish 1,000 years ago
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Yiddish World ‘I’m not religious, but my 10-year-old wants to go to synagogue — what should I do?’
Before taking her 10-year-old to his first Yom Kippur service, Kyla Kupferstein thought, ‘What if he likes it?’
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Opinion Days before Yom Kippur, Congress wants to scale back funding that keeps Jews safe
Despite the White House antisemitism plan, the Senate proposed cutting $18 million from synagogue security grants
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News A Jewish man was charged in a plot against synagogues. His parents want you to know the whole story
Matthew Mahrer, who’s descended from a famous Holocaust survivor, desperately needed help. He’s finally getting it
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FIRST PERSON I fast on Yom Kippur but don’t go to synagogue. And there are many Jews like me
Here’s why we fast on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar — but we don’t pray, repent or ask forgiveness
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News How to protect your congregation from swatting and bomb threats during High Holiday services
Several Jewish institutions grappled with these threats from white supremacists this summer, and experts say preparing can help mitigate any disruptions
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Fast Forward Detroit’s only free-standing synagogue reopens
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue reopens, another sign of the city’s comeback
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Holy Ground A millennial rabbi built a synagogue where others have closed. Her maverick ideas are becoming a model.
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Fast Forward Chabad ‘let me down,’ suspect said, in hours before allegedly attacking their headquarters
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Opinion A death knell for the American Jewish dream of a melting pot — in the 1920s, and today
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News Antisemitism group keeps board member who emailed Epstein on the legality of transporting minors for sex
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Fast Forward Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run Office to Combat Antisemitism
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