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Haggadah 2.0: New Website Makes Passover Story Personal

March 14, 2022
By Daphna Berman
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A California-based start-up is aiming to make the traditional seder Haggadah more relevant by offering users the chance to create a text that incorporates everything...

13 Mar

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The View from Istanbul: When Did Hatred Become a Religion?

March 13, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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When did hatred become religion? By Aylin Kocaman For some, religious devotion has long been “hatred”. If a Muslim hates Jews, Christians, Zionists and Freemasons, then that...

13 Mar

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Einstein and His God

July 30, 2024
By Mandy Katz
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At home in Berlin in April 1929, Albert Einstein received an urgent telegram from Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein of New York: “Do you believe in...

13 Mar

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Was Einstein a Jewish Saint?

June 5, 2017
By Mandy Katz
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As usual, Albert Einstein hadn’t dressed for the occasion. Most of the 40 or so young men waiting for him that Friday night in January at...

12 Mar

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Female MKs Join Women of the Wall in Jerusalem

March 12, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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Female members of Knesset joined Women of the Wall at their monthly gathering at Jerusalem's Western Wall this morning and used their parliamentary immunity to...

12 Mar

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Lunch with an Auschwitz Tour Guide: A Personal Essay

March 12, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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By Arielle Silver “I used to be a tour guide at Auschwitz,” Timo said, and then rested his fork on the edge of his Panang curry....

08 Mar

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Do 1 Rabba, 2 Rabbis and 1 Yeshiva = a New Denomination?

June 4, 2013
By Sarah Breger
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As mainstream Orthodoxy moves to the Right, a liberal faction gains momentum The audience watches with rapt attention as Sara Hurwitz, a slim woman in a demure...

08 Mar

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Israeli Soccer Player and Pianist to Perform in Venezuela

March 11, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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By Ilona Oltuski Pianist Elisha Abas – Scriabin in the Genes The ante has just been upped: at the personal request of powerhouse conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, pianist...

08 Mar

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Is it Time for Shylock to Retire?

March 8, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice: A Play For All Time? By Steve Frank Every year brings new productions of Shakespeare’s controversial play “The Merchant of Venice.” Is it time...

08 Mar

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The View from Istanbul: What The Turkish Prime Minister Really Meant

March 8, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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By Aylin Kocaman "It is necessary that we must consider -- just like Zionism, or anti-Semitism, or fascism -- Islamophobia as a crime against humanity." --- Turkish...

07 Mar

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From the Moment Bookshelf: Books in Brief

March 11, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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Books in Brief: Senior editor Eileen Lavine reviews new and forthcoming titles A Grain of Truth by Zygmunt Miloszewski (translated from the Polish) is an unusual crime story...

06 Mar

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Solidarity for Women of the Wall Planned Across the U.S. Next Week

March 6, 2013
By Daphna Berman
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Supporters of Women of the Wall are planning solidarity prayer groups in major cities in the US and elsewhere next week, as the group heads...