Jewish World

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Best-selling author Gabrielle Glaser’s new book, American Baby, starts with a dying cantor’s search for a mother he never met.

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We live in a disjointed media market. Gone is the monocultural dominance and the sense of camaraderie you and your

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David Duke established another life for himself in Austria—and remained undisturbed in his Alpine paradise. ...

Louis Fishman, a professor at Brooklyn College, usually splits his time between New York City, Tel Aviv and Istanbul. Since

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In 2018, as synagogues pondered livestreaming some services for the convenience of infirm relatives, we asked the rabbis to contemplate what was surely a distant, speculative future: “What role should virtual presence play in Jewish ritual and community?” ...

The pivotal moment is when Esther decides to come unbidden before the king. She asks the eunuch Hegai for a

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As the world came to grips with the seriousness of the pandemic last spring, conspiracies arose linking COVID-19 and anti-Semitism. ...

On Monday, Gail Stalarow of Houston, TX received a text from an unknown number in a group chat a friend

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On Inauguration Day, Vice President Kamala Harris swore in two new Senators from Georgia—Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Georgia’s first

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Instead of counting sheep when i have difficulty sleeping, it’s become my habit to count and name the dead. ...
In Chaim Potok’s 1969 novel The Promise, sequel to the better-known The Chosen, there’s a scene that piercingly illustrates the Jewish legal emphasis on saving a life. ...